{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-82.066","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 82.066","heading":"ATTORNEY MAY NOT APPEAR.","body":"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.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 866, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 24, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(28), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. ATTORNEYS","CHAPTER 82. LICENSING OF ATTORNEYS","SUBCHAPTER C. ATTORNEY CONDUCT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.82.htm#82.066","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"706a6263a3ea4174b751f3f809a12293a6126386cb4ef911fffb16de50b323f7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-82.0651","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-82.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}