Montana Attorney General Opinion 15-593

Opinion No. 593 Nepotism-R.,Iationship, Degree of -Affinity. HELD: Blood relations of the hus· band and blood relations of the wife are not related to each other by af- finity. August 18, 1934. You ha"e submitted the question whether or not a father, who is a school trustee, is related by affinity within the Nepotism Act, Chapter 12, Laws of 1933, to his daughter-in-Iaw's mother. In my opinion there is no relation- ship by affinity between the parents of husband and wife. Respective con- sanguinei do not become related by af- finity to each other. See Kelly v. Neely, 12 Ark. 657, 660, 56 Am. D. 288. Tn 2 C. J. 378 the text-writer states: "Blood relations of the husband and the blood relations of the wife are not related to each other hy affinity." See cases cited in Note 18. Chief Justice Bleckley, in Central R, etc. Co. v. Roberts, 91 Ga. 513, 517, 18 S. E. 315, stated the law in rhyme, as follOWS: "The groom and bride each comes within The circle of the other's kin; But kin and kin are still no more Related than they were before." In view of the opinions of text-writ· ers and authorities stated in prose and verse, I am of the opinion, as stated above, that no relationship exists.