EP 104 Groundhog Day
From The JudgeMental Podcast by Christine Miller, Hugh Barrow
June 1, 2026 · 32 min · Season 1 · Episode 104
About this episode
Christine and Trey discuss appellate decisions and judicial issues in family courts, focusing on a specific case involving Judge Jeffrey Preston.
JudgeMental Podcast – EP 104: Groundhog Day In this episode, Christine and Trey return from a brief hiatus to dig into appellate decisions — a shift in focus driven by the volume of community submissions asking them to investigate judges with high reversal rates. They explain why looking at published (and unpublished) Court of Appeals and Supreme Court decisions is one of the clearest ways to show, in black and white, what's going wrong in family courts across the country. The Case: CL v. Commonwealth, 653 S.W.3d 599 (Ky. Ct. App. 2022) The hosts break down a published Kentucky Court of Appeals opinion out of Lewis Family Court involving Judge Jeffrey Preston — a circuit judge presiding over multiple counties who has been reversed or vacated 38 times. The case, which Christine and Hugh flag as a "statement opinion," involves a mother who: Reported suspected sexual abuse of her four children (as a mandatory reporter under Kentucky law) Was penalized by the judge for making those very reports, which he characterized as false Had her parenting time reduced to a weekly video phone call for approximately eight months Was effectively "diagnosed" with a substance abuse disorder and…
People in this episode
Hosts: Christine Miller, Hugh Barrow
Topics covered
- appellate decisions
- family courts
- judicial review
- community submissions
- judicial misconduct
Keywords
- appellate decisions
- family courts
- judicial misconduct
- Kentucky Court of Appeals
- Judge Jeffrey Preston
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Kentucky Court of Appeals, Lewis Family Court
Places: Kentucky
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