List the municipal judge's relatives within the first degree by marriage.

• A. Spouse, spouse's parents, spouse's children, the judge's parents' spouse, or the judge's children's spouses.
• B. Spouse's siblings.
• C. Spouse's cousins.
• D. Spouse and spouse's grandparents.

Answer: (A)

This question tests which relatives are considered first-degree by marriage for a municipal judge. First-degree by marriage covers the closest in-law connections to the judge, not just the judge’s immediate family. It includes the judge’s spouse; the spouse’s parents and the spouse’s children; the judge’s own parents’ spouse (the judge’s step-parents); and the judge’s children's spouses. These relationships are treated as very close due to the direct marriage ties involved, which is why they’re included.

Relatives such as the spouse’s siblings, cousins, or the spouse’s grandparents are not part of this first-degree by marriage category, since they’re more distant by relation.