# Kentucky judge suspended for misconduct in family court hearings

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kentucky-high-society-scandalized-as-pillar-of-community-judge-50-is-suspended-after-she-wore-shirt-emblazoned-with-champagne-glasses-to-court-ate-and-texted-during-fractious-hearings/
- Published: 2026-10-27T19:35:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T19:47:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16242259/Kentucky-high-society-scandalized-pillar-community-judge-50-suspended-wore-shirt-emblazoned-champagne-glasses-court-ate-texted-fractious-hearings.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Judge Lauren Ogden was suspended for 30 days.
- The findings concerned conduct in seven family court cases.
- The commission cited due process and courtroom behaviour concerns.

## Summary

Kentucky family court judge Lauren Ogden has been suspended for 30 days after a judicial conduct commission found misconduct across seven cases. The findings include courtroom behaviour such as eating and texting during a hearing and unzipping her robe to reveal a shirt printed with champagne glasses, as well as serious concerns about whether people received fair hearings.

The commission said Ogden failed to provide proper notice and due process in some custody cases, restricted cross-examination and did not adequately consider evidence or explain decisions. It also found she delayed restoring a father’s unsupervised parenting time for six months after an appeals court ruling, and that an appeals court had intervened in another case over a mother’s rights. The article reports that Ogden earns just over $160,000 a year.

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