No judge or other judicial officer shall preside on the trial of any cause when he may be connected with either of the parties by consanguinity or affinity within the sixth degree.
S.C. Code Ann. § 14-1-130
Disqualification of judge by reason of relationship to parties
1962 Code SECTION 15-10; 1952 Code SECTION 15-10; 1942 Code SECTION 334; 1932 Code SECTION 334; Civ
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