off their last names, "Bonding with Byrd". The couple posts new episodes on Tuesdays from Byrd's "Petri Hawkins-Byrd" Facebook page, and their joint "Bonding with Byrd" YouTube channel. Judge Lynn Toler, former court show arbitrator and longest reigning arbitrator of the courtroom series Divorce Court (formerly taped from the same studios as Judge Judy and thus a longtime friend of Byrd's), made an appearance on Bonding with Byrd on October 19, 2021. In the interview, Toler provided details on her various dissatisfactions leading to her resignation from Divorce Court and her current hosting role on Marriage Boot Camp. In addition, Byrd and his wife founded a jointly owned production company that they named "Bonding with Byrd". Byrd has shared that their production company is geared towards launching broadcast entertainment projects for streaming as well as developing and presenting stage plays. Byrd has starred in several major motion pictures. Fear PHarm 2, and a critically praised performance in the 2023 release AMY'S LIST where he plays a judge in a pivotal scene. Personal life In 2000, Byrd and his family moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Elk Grove, California. The move was said to have resulted from Byrd and his family taking a liking to Elk Grove's affordable housing community and family-oriented atmosphere. Asked if he'd ever move to Los Angeles, California, where he reported to the set of Judge Judy for 25 years, Byrd answered with an emphatic "No." Byrd said he greatly disliked all the extravagance and glitz of Hollywood and preferred a simple, reflective life. Byrd is a churchgoing Christian. In 1980, Byrd married Felicia Hawkins, the mother of his children. The two later separated in 1989, and Felicia moved to the West Coast with the couple's children. After marriage counselling Byrd and Hawkins reconciled, though not permanently. Altogether Byrd has four children, all adults and all from his first marriage to Hawkins. Byrd married former fellow Judge Judy crew member Makita Bond Byrd on May 4, 2019. Prior to Bond becoming a producer for the court show, the two first met on the Sunset Bronson Studios lot (where the Judge Judy program was filmed for its entire run) back in 2012. After going on a date to a comedy show at around that time, the two lost contact. In 2015, the two briefly reconnected through Byrd greeting Makita in text message, her replying but no