Do parents still have a maintenance obligation to their adult children?

Parents have the obligation to educate and support adult children under the following circumstances: 1. Loss of ability to work or partial loss of ability to work, and their income is insufficient to maintain their livelihood; 2. Those who are still in school; 3. There is no ability and conditions for independent living.

The Supreme People's Court's Ruling on the Application of the Article

Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China.

Interpretation of Several Issues (1) Article 20 "Children who are unable to live independently" refers to those who are still in school.

High school. and below.

Academic education. or lost or not.

Total incapacity to work.

and so on. Subjective.

reasons and cannot be maintained.

Normal life. of adult children.

If it is true that there is no obligation to raise, if there is no agreement between them if you say that your father is persecuted, it is valid.

The Marriage Law stipulates that parents have no obligation to support their adult children, and parents have the obligation to support adult children who are unable to maintain a normal life due to non-subjective reasons, such as the loss or incomplete loss of the ability to work.

As for the agreement between your parents, if there is evidence that your father was persecuted, it is an invalid agreement. But if there is no evidence, the agreement will be considered valid.

Your family's situation is special, first of all, the agreement she forced your father to sign is invalid, and there is no mandatory provision in the law for your sister's situation

Mediation Room 3: Do parents still have the obligation to support their adult children?

Analysis of Faroll's Law: Parents have a duty to support their adult children who are unable to live independently. Where parents do not fulfill their obligation to support them, minor children or adult children who are unable to live independently have the right to demand that their parents pay child support.

Parents have the right and duty to educate and protect their minor children. Where minor children cause harm to others, parents shall bear civil liability in accordance with law.

Legal basis: Article 1067 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China Where parents fail to perform their obligation to support their parents, minor children or adult children who are unable to live independently have the right to demand that their parents pay child support. Parents who fail to fulfill their obligation to support their adult children, or who lack the ability to work or who have difficulties in living, have the right to demand maintenance from their adult children.

In general, it is possible to agree that maintenance will be paid until the child reaches the age of 18 or until the child lives independently. According to the law, parents are no longer obliged to pay child support when the child has completed upper secondary education. Therefore, in the absence of an agreement between the parents on the period of support, the period of parental support shall be applied after the completion of the statutory high school education stage; In the case that the parents have a clear agreement on the period of upbringing, the agreement of the parents shall apply.

In addition, the standard for the payment of alimony can also be agreed by the double judgment according to the actual situation.

Legal basis

Article 185 of the Civil Code provides that if the children are directly raised by one party after divorce, the other party shall bear part or all of the child support. The amount of the cost to be borne and the length of the period shall be agreed upon by both parties; If the agreement is not reached, the people's court shall make a judgment. The agreement or judgment provided for in the preceding paragraph does not prevent the child from making a reasonable demand to either parent in excess of the amount originally set forth in the agreement or judgment when necessary.

Parents have a duty to support their adult children who are unable to live independently. If the parents do not fulfill the obligation to support them, the minor children or the adult children who cannot live independently have the right to demand that the parents pay child support.

Parents have the right and duty to educate and protect their minor children. Where minor children cause harm to others, their parents shall bear responsibility for the civil affairs in accordance with law.

Legal basis] Article 1067 of the Civil Code [Parents' Obligation to Support and Children's Obligation to Support] If parents fail to perform their obligation to support, minor children or adult children who cannot live independently have the right to demand that their parents pay child support.

If an adult child fails to fulfill the obligation to support him/her, the father who lacks the ability to work or has difficulties in living has the right to demand alimony from the adult child.