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Maintenance under Hindu Law

Last updated on Jun 1, 2022

Biological/Adoptive parents who are Hindu, Buddhist, Jain or Sikh and are aged or infirmed can seek maintenance from their grown children under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act if they are unable to support themselves from their own earnings or property. In addition, even when the son or daughter is no more, parents can still claim maintenance from the wealth and properties of the deceased.

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