20.
Maintenance of children and aged parents.-
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section
a Hindu is bound, during his or her lifetime,
to maintain his or her legitimate or illegitimate
children and his or her aged or infirm parents.
(2) A legitimate or illegitimate
child may claim maintenance from his or her
father or mother so long as the child is a minor.
(3) The obligation of a person
to maintain his or her aged or infirm parent
or a daughter who is unmarried extends insofar
as the parent or the unmarried daughter, as
the case may be, is unable to maintain himself
or herself out of his or her own earnings or
other property.
Explanation:
In this section "parent" includes
a childless step-mother.
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