Is the client a parent?

Not necessarily. Clients are not necessarily parents. Immediate family members may act as agents of the plaintiff; Secondly, other relatives and friends can do it, but they need to prove that the agent and the principal are in the same community or collective before they can appear as agents. It can be a lawyer, a close relative, or a citizen recommended by his community or group. If the parties are units, they may also be represented by their employees.

According to Article 58 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the parties and their legal representatives may entrust one or two persons as agents ad litem.

The following persons may be entrusted as agents ad litem:

(1) Lawyers and grassroots legal service workers;

(2) Close relatives or staff members of the parties concerned;

(three) citizens recommended by the community, units and relevant social groups where the parties are located.

There is no requirement that the client must be a relative. As long as the relevant requirements are met, the two parties can become the principal by communicating and agreeing on the entrustment. If you don't know the scope and specific requirements of customers, you need to know more. If you don't know how to solve it, you can find a lawyer.

Article 46. The victims of public prosecution cases and their legal representatives or close relatives, and the parties to incidental civil actions and their legal representatives shall have the right to entrust agents ad litem from the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution. The private prosecutor and his legal representative in a case of private prosecution, and the parties to an incidental civil action and their legal representatives have the right to entrust an agent ad litem at any time.

The people's procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receiving the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the victim and his legal representative or his near relatives, the parties involved in incidental civil litigation and his legal representative that he has the right to entrust an agent ad litem. The people's court shall, within three days from the date of accepting a case of private prosecution, inform the private prosecutor and his legal representative, the parties to an incidental civil action and his legal representative that they have the right to entrust an agent ad litem. Article 32 of the Criminal Procedure Law: In addition to exercising the right of defense, a criminal suspect or defendant may entrust one or two persons as defenders. The following persons may be entrusted as defenders:

(1) lawyers;

(2) A person recommended by a people's organization or the unit to which the criminal suspect or defendant belongs;

(3) Guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants. A person who has been sentenced to punishment according to law or deprived of or restricted personal freedom shall not act as a defender.