Article 58 of the Civil Procedure Law stipulates that the parties and their legal representatives may entrust one or two persons as agents ad litem. Lawyers, close relatives of the parties, persons recommended by relevant social organizations or units and other citizens permitted by the people's courts may be entrusted as agents ad litem. According to the above provisions: relatives can appear in court as agents.
Essentials of criminal litigation defense
The development of modern criminal judicial procedure embodies the idea of protecting the defendant's legitimate rights and interests, and the revision of China's criminal procedure law also embodies the spirit of this principle, which has been implemented in the criminal procedure system. Therefore, the defense in all aspects of criminal proceedings should be able to help achieve the purpose of protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the defendant. The main options are bail pending trial, change of jurisdiction, no prosecution, medical parole and so on. Among them, the procedural defense plays a direct and decisive role in obtaining the result of the defendant's innocence and light crime, and is expounded as the main point of procedural defense.