With Voiland out, judge returns boy to mother

Before leaving office last month after a tumultuous six years on the bench, Ozaukee County Circuit Judge Joseph Voiland left his mark on a custody case that, in the words of the attorney appointed to represent an 11-year-old boy, threw the child and his family into “legal limbo.”

On Tuesday, Ozaukee County Circuit Judge Paul Malloy — working quickly to sort the boy’s life out before the beginning of school — reversed Voiland’s orders and issued one of his own that will result in the boy being reunited with his mother, stepfather and stepsister in Texas later this week.