If the municipal judge's spouse dies and the municipal judge has no living children, how is the dead spouse's sister related to the municipal judge?

• A. Consanguinity
• B. Affinity
• C. Both
• D. Neither

Answer: (D)

Distinguishing consanguinity from affinity helps here. Consanguinity is a blood relationship, while affinity is a connection through marriage. The dead spouse’s sister would have been the judge’s sister-in-law while the spouse was alive, an affinity relationship. But once the spouse dies, the marriage ends, and the affinity to the spouse’s relatives ceases. There is also no blood tie between the judge and the deceased spouse’s sister, and with no living children to establish another line, there’s no ongoing connection by either category. Therefore, the dead spouse’s sister is not related to the municipal judge by blood or by marriage in this context.