1-1-219. Relationship by affinity. (1) Unless the context requires otherwise, in this code "affinity" means the relation that one spouse has, by virtue of the marriage, to blood relatives of the other. Therefore, a person has the same relation by affinity to that person's spouse's blood relatives as that person's spouse has to them by consanguinity and vice versa.
(2) Degrees of relationship by affinity are computed in the same manner as degrees of relationship by consanguinity.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the term "affinity" includes the relation of husband and wife. Husband and wife are considered to be related by affinity in the first degree.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 119, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 1. General Laws and Definitions
Part 2. General Definitions of Terms Used in Code
1-1-201. Terms of wide applicability
1-1-202. Terms relating to procedure and the judiciary
1-1-203. Terms relating to instruments and other writings
1-1-204. Terms denoting state of mind
1-1-205. Terms relating to property and decedents' estates
1-1-206. Terms relating to obligations and transactions
1-1-208. Terms relating to legislature
1-1-209. through 1-1-213 reserved
1-1-215. Residence -- rules for determining
1-1-216. Legal holidays and business days
1-1-217. Notice -- actual and constructive
1-1-218. Words giving joint authority
1-1-219. Relationship by affinity
1-1-220. through 1-1-223 reserved
1-1-224. Observance of right to keep and bear arms
1-1-225. Arbor Day as official day of observance
1-1-226. Official observance of Montana's hunting heritage
1-1-228. American Indian heritage day
1-1-229. State teen driver safety day
1-1-230. Welcome home Vietnam veterans day