### Question
Can you define what immediate family means?


### Answer
**Immediate family** is defined as the following in *7 U.S.C. § 1508*:

> an individual's father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, grandparent, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, the spouse of the foregoing, and the individual's spouse

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1508*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 36-CROP INSURANCE > SUBCHAPTER I-FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE**

