 It is the duty of the father, the mother, and the children, of any poor person who is unable to maintain himself by work, to maintain such person to the extent of their ability.  The Pacific Reporter - Page 431917Full view - About this book
 | California - Civil law - 1876 - 624 pages
...of the father, the mother, and the children of any poor person who is unable to maintain himseb* . by work, to maintain such person to the extent of their ability. The promise of an adult child to pay for necessaries previously furnished to such parent is binding.... | |
 | David Belden - California - 1891 - 488 pages
...property. So as to the children — " It is the duty of the father, the mother. and the children of any poor person who is unable to maintain himself by work...maintain such person to the extent of their ability." (Sec. 206, Civil Code.) Thus chargeable with the maintenance of their father, should the defendant... | |
 | Labor - 1897 - 866 pages
...of the father, the mother, and the children of any poor person \vho is unable to maintain liimself by work to maintain such person to the extent of their ability. (/) In Massachusetts a new statute provides that the guardian of a minor may apply for an order of... | |
 | Domestic relations - 1897 - 234 pages
...the Compiled Laws Is as follows: "It Is the duty of the father, the mother and the children of any poor person, who Is unable to maintain himself by...maintain such person to the extent of their ability." This provision Innovates the common-law rule, by imposing upon children, to the extent of their ability,... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 1034 pages
...LIABILITY ON CHILDREN TO SUPPORT POOR PARENTS.— If a statute Imposes the duty upon "the children of any poor person, who Is unable to maintain himself by...maintain such person to the extent of their ability," a county which has, under the dlrectlon of the law, furnished necessaries to an Indigent and helpless... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 1022 pages
...the Compiled Laws is as follows: "It is the duty of the father, the mother, and the children of any poor person, who is unable to maintain himself by work, to maintain such Bao pereon to the extent of their ability." This provision innovatei the common-law rule, by imposing... | |
 | Children - 1912 - 312 pages
...support of his child. §206. It is the duty of the H] father, the [2] mother, and the [3] children of any poor person who is unable to maintain himself by work,...maintain such person to the extent of their ability The promise of an adult child to pay for necessaries previously furnished to such parent is binding.... | |
 | California - Children - 1918 - 292 pages
...and children. §206. It is the duty of the [1] father, the [2] mother, and the [3] children of any poor person who is unable to maintain himself by work,...maintain such person to the extent of their ability. The promise of an adult child to pay for necessaries previously furnished to such parent, is binding.... | |
 | Walter Gould Lincoln - Commercial law - 1920 - 406 pages
...of kin of the parent. It is the duty of the (1) father, the (2) moth«r, and the (3) children of any poor person who is unable to maintain himself by work,...maintain such person to the extent of their ability. The promise of an adult child to pay for necessaries previously furnished to such parent, is binding.... | |
 | William Otis Badger - Courts - 1922 - 890 pages
...gave the following instruction : "It is the duty of the father, the mother, and the children of any poor person who is unable to maintain himself by work,...maintain such person to the extent of their ability." While the instruction is correct as an abstract statement of the law, it applies only in cases of dependency,... | |
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