Here Comes The Judge: Soap Vet Lands Bold and the Beautiful Role

The ongoing feud between ex-spouses Bill and Katie over their son Will is going to be kicked up a notch with a custody battle on The Bold and the Beautiful.

And the soap has cast actor Joe Lando to play a judge who’ll preside over the case.

EW reports that Lando, known to soap fans for his runs as Jake on One Life to Live and Macaulay on Guiding Light, will play Judge Craig McMullen.

Lando’s known to primetime fans for his run on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

Custody storylines are familiar territory for the half-hour soap. Stephanie (Susan Flannery) threatened Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) with taking her children away from her more than once.

Amber (Adrienne Frantz) had to give her son ‘Eric’ back to her cousin Becky (Marissa Tait) after it was revealed that the baby was really hers.

Who do you think should get custody of little Will?

Should it be Katie (Heather Tom), who has a built-in boyfriend/father figure for Will in Thorne (Ingo Rademacher)?

Or, should Bill (Don Diamont) have primary custody of his son, hoping that the third time will be the charm for the man who wasn’t present in the lives of his other two sons Liam (Scott Clifton) and Wyatt (Darin Brooks)?

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays on CBS. Check local listings for airtimes.