The Fatherhood Coalition notes with great relief the early retirement of Judge Christina Harms from
Norfolk County Probate and Family Court. She has long been singled out by members of the Coalition for
special observation. We perceived her on-the-bench demeanor to be often whimsical, abusive, and ungrounded
in legal guidelines or principle.

While it is apparent that her sudden early retirement was precipitated by one of the whimsical decisions
for which she is known to us, we will never know due to the shroud of secrecy by which the Commission on