Immediate Family Law and Legal Definition
Immediate family refers to a person?s parents, spouse, children, and siblings and will also include the parent?s spouse. Usually step children and adopted children and their spouses are included under the purview of immediate family.
An example of a Missouri Statute defining immediate family is the Missouri Code of State Regulations,19 CSR 15-7.021 (18) (H). It defines immediate family as follows:
An immediate family member is defined as a parent; sibling; child by blood, adoption, or marriage; spouse; grandparent or grandchild.
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