Are Family Members Required to Live Together?

Section 16 Article 3 of the 2014 Law on Marriage and Family stipulates about family members as follows:

Family members include husband, wife; biological parents, adoptive parents, stepfather, stepmother, parents-in-law; biological children, adopted children, stepchildren of the husband or wife, daughter-in-law, son-in-law; siblings with the same parents, siblings with the same father different mother, siblings with the same mother different father, brother-in-law, sister-in-law of siblings with the same parents or same father different mother, same mother different father; paternal grandparents, maternal grandparents; paternal grandchildren, maternal grandchildren; and paternal uncles, aunts, and their biological nephews and nieces.

Thus, the individuals listed above are determined as family members. The determination of who is a family member depends on the blood relationship and not on the place of residence.

Therefore, in the case of a paternal grandmother and her grandchild not living in the same house, they are still determined to be family members.

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