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Senior Citizens
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Children taking care of Parents
Indian law requires all persons to maintain and support their parents - biological, step-parents as well as adoptive.
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Punishment for Abandoning and Neglecting Senior Citizen
If you leave a senior citizen at some place with the intention of abandoning them and not taking care of them, you can be punished.
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Amount of Maintenance for Parents
There is no standard amount of money awarded as maintenance for parents. It is decided on a case-by-case basis.
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Maintenance under Hindu Law
Hindu, Buddhist, Jain or Sikh parents who are aged or infirmed can seek maintenance from their grown children under Hindu law.
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Maintenance under the Code of Criminal Procedure
A person who refuses to maintain parents who are unable to maintain themselves can be ordered to give a monthly allowance for maintenance.
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Maintenance after death
The duty to maintain one's parents exists even after death. The amount of maintenance will be calculated as per the rules of inheritance.
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