Minnesota is the state that I live in. California is where our head office is. Our company offers three paid days for bereavement leave and the question that I have is the following: Please give me the legal defination of immediate family. My ex mother in law died, however she was my legal gardian for 6 years. From the age of 16 to the age of 21. I have been with this family for well over 20 years and my supervisor says that she was not immediate family. The discription is wide open in our mannual as to whom is immediate family and I'm looking for your help or suggetsions.