§20-1401.

§20-1401.
   
   A. No judge of any court shall sit in any cause or proceeding in which
   he may be interested, or in the result of which he may be interested,
   or when he is related to any party to said cause within the fourth
   degree of consanguinity or affinity, or in which he has been of
   counsel for either side, or in which is called in question the
   validity of any judgment or proceeding in which he was of counsel or
   interested, or the validity of any instrument or paper prepared or
   signed by him as counsel or attorney, without the consent of the
   parties to said action entered of record.
   
   B. No judge of any court shall sit in any contested civil cause or
   proceeding if he is related to any attorney of record in such cause
   within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity without the
   consent of the parties in such cause or proceeding who have entered a
   formal appearance of record. This disqualification shall not apply
   when an appearance is made by a party for the purpose of disclaiming
   any interest in such action or proceeding or waiving his right to
   appear and contest such cause or proceeding.
   
   C. No judge of any court shall sit in the trial or hearing of any
   criminal cause or proceeding if he is related to any attorney of
   record in such cause within the third degree of consanguinity or
   affinity without the consent of the parties who have made an
   appearance in such cause or proceeding entered of record. This
   disqualification shall not apply to arraignments, the fixing of bail,
   or the acceptance of pleas.
   
   D. "Attorney of record" as used in this section shall include not only
   the attorney actually appearing in such action but any other attorney
   who is an associate or a member of a partnership or professional
   corporation with such appearing attorney. However, "attorney of
   record" as the term relates to the Attorney General of the State of
   Oklahoma, agency attorneys authorized by law, district attorney
   offices, municipal attorney offices and public defender offices shall
   mean only that attorney actually appearing in the cause or proceeding.
   
   E. The disqualifications provided for in this section shall not
   exclude the disqualifications at common law.