Do you need immediate family members to hire a lawyer?

Legal analysis: If it is a civil lawsuit, only the parties and their legal representatives can entrust a lawyer. If it is a criminal lawsuit, if the criminal suspect or defendant is in custody, his guardian or near relative may entrust a defender. The victims of public prosecution cases and their legal representatives or close relatives, the parties involved in incidental civil actions and their legal representatives have the right to entrust an agent ad litem to prosecute the private prosecutor and his legal representatives of the case, and the parties involved in incidental civil actions and their legal representatives have the right to entrust an agent ad litem at any time. In short, relatives must be close relatives, and the scope of close relatives in the criminal procedure law includes husband and wife, parents, children, brothers and sisters.

Legal basis: Rules of Criminal Procedure of the People's Procuratorate (Trial) Article 55 The People's Procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receiving the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the victims and their legal representatives or their close relatives, the parties involved in incidental civil litigation and their legal representatives that they have the right to entrust agents ad litem. The notice can be oral or written. For oral notification, a written record shall be made and signed by the notified person; Informed in writing, the receipt shall be filed; If it is impossible to inform, it shall be recorded. If the victim has a legal representative, he shall inform his legal representative; If there is no legal representative, it shall notify its close relatives. If there are more than two legal representatives or close relatives, only one of them may be notified in the order listed in Items 3 and 6 of Article 106 of the Criminal Procedure Law. Where the parties and their legal representatives or close relatives entrust agents ad litem, the provisions of Article 32 of the Criminal Procedure Law and Articles 38, 39 and 44 of these Rules shall apply.