40-6-214. Duties of parents to maintain children, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW

CHAPTER 6. PARENT AND CHILD

Part 2. Obligations of Parents

Duties Of Parents To Maintain Children

40-6-214. Duties of parents to maintain children. It is the duty of the father and the mother of any poor person who is unable to provide self-maintenance by work to maintain that person to the extent of the parent's ability.

History: En. Sec. 293, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3751, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5843, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 206; Field Civ. C. Sec. 97; re-en. Sec. 5843, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 61-114; amd. Sec. 1584, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 213, L. 2021.