A judge or a justice of the peace may not sit in a case if either of the parties is related to him by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree, as determined under Chapter 573.
Tex. Gov't Code § 21.005
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Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.01(a), eff
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