Are county court judges required to recuse themselves from cases at bond hearings or on warrant duty when the judge’s spouse is the chief of the felony division at the State Attorney’s Office in the same county where the judge presides?

Yes, according to the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, if the spouse is the “boss,” or is supervising or in the line of supervision of the prosecutors appearing before the judge, then they must step aside to prevent any appearance of conflict.

The JEAC acted September 3, releasing Opinion Number: 2024-14.