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Court reviews recording and exhibits; voice identification contested
Summary
The court played an audio/video recording provided by the mother that captured an in‑home incident; the mother identified voices as hers and the father's while defense counsel objected to quantitative voice‑identification questioning and documentary proof was limited at the hearing.
The judge reviewed a recording Thomas submitted (identified by her as May 2025) that counsel played in court. Thomas testified she recognized two voices on the tape as hers and Michael Thomas’s; defense counsel objected when asked to quantify certainty as a percentage and the court sustained limits on that form of questioning but admitted the recording as corroborative evidence of in‑home interactions. Counsel also marked other exhibits on a flash drive (including a check with a memo line and a video the mother said her daughter took) but some documentary items referenced during testimony were not physically before the court that day.
The judge said the recording and exhibits were part of the evidentiary mix but that the credibility of the audio and the witnesses would be weighed against the total record, including conflicting testimony and other evidence. The court repeatedly asked parties to identify documentary evidence that had been produced to opposing counsel; several items were referenced as available later through counsel but not introduced at the hearing for immediate review.
