Tex. Government Code § 82.066
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 82.066, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 82.066. ATTORNEY MAY NOT APPEAR.
Official statutory text
An attorney may not appear before a judge or justice in a civil case if the attorney is related to the judge or justice by affinity or consanguinity within the first degree, as determined under Chapter 573.
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