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Matrimonial Law
Bare Acts
Section 20- Maintenance of children and aged parents

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 inform parents.
A legitimate or illegitimate child may claim maintenance from his or her father or mother so long as the child is a minor.
The obligation of a person to maintain his or her aged or infirm parent or a daughter who is unmarried extends in so far 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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