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2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 20 COURTS
Article 3 DISTRICT COURTS
20-311 Disqualification of judge to sit in certain cases.
Universal Citation: KS Stat § 20-311 (2017)
20-311. Disqualification of judge to sit in certain cases. In any contested civil or criminal case before a district court of this state, if any attorney of record or any party to such case is related, by blood or marriage to the judge before whom the same is pending, as a spouse, parent, child, grandchild, grandparent, brother or sister or is related to such judge as a result of being a spouse of any such parent, child, grandchild, grandparent, brother or sister, the judge shall be disqualified from hearing said case.
History: L. 1921, ch. 169, § 1; R.S. 1923, 20-311; L. 1933, ch. 168, § 3; L. 1947, ch. 222, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 145, § 84; Jan. 10, 1977.
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