Practice question
A lawyer is related to the potential adverse party only in the seventh degree and to adverse counsel only in the fifth degree. No other justifiable ground, conflict or inability exists. The lawyer claims those degrees alone fall within Section3(c). Which is correct?
- They exceed the stated sixth-degree and fourth-degree limits
- Every remote kinship is automatically within the provision
- Seventh and fifth degrees are expressly the stated boundaries
- Only the parties’ surnames matter
- The lawyer may rewrite the numerical limits
Legal references
- CPRA AM22-09-01-SC, CanonIV Sections3,7–8; CanonV Section3; CanonVI Sections1,12,16,18,32, issued primary text: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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