Texas Municipal Court Clerk Practice Exam

The statement is that a parent and their adopted child have a degree of consanguinity. The correct answer is true because consanguinity generally refers to a relationship based on blood or familial ties, but it can also encompass the emotional and legal bonds established through adoption. While adopted children do not share biological links with their adoptive parents, they are still considered family in the eyes of the law and society.

Adoption creates a legal and social relationship that is meant to be equivalent to that of a biological parent and child. This means that, while there may not be genetic ties, the family unit is recognized through laws and societal standards, which often use the term "consanguinity" to describe family relationships more broadly. Therefore, in the context of familial relationships recognized by law, there is a degree of consanguinity between an adoptive parent and their child.

The other choices do not apply because options suggesting that biological traits are necessary or that the relationship is conditional on specific contexts diverge from the legal and social recognition of the adoptive relationship as equivalent to consanguinity.