Who are the "nearest relatives"?

There is a list of relatives in the Dependent Adults Act. They are in order of precedence:

• husband or wife;
• son or daughter;
• father or mother;
• brother or sister;
• grandfather or grandmother;
• grandson or granddaughter;
• uncle or aunt;
• nephew or niece.

Generally, in each class, the oldest person (e.g., the oldest child in a family) will take precedence.

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