Parent-in-law
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"Mother-in-law" and "Father-in-law" redirect here. For other uses, see Mother-in-law (disambiguation) and Father-in-law (disambiguation).
A parent-in-law is a person who has a legal affinity with another by being the parent of the other's spouse. Many cultures and legal systems impose duties and responsibilities on persons connected by this relationship. A person is a child-in-law to the parents of the spouse, who are in turn also the parents of those sibling-in-laws (if any) who are siblings of the spouse (as opposed to spouses of siblings). Together, the members of this family affinity group are called the in-laws.[1]