I have a cousin who is 17 years old. His mother died when he was not even 1 year old. Since then, he was under the custody of his maternal uncles and maternal grand parents.
His father remarried after 3 years and he had promised to his previous in-laws that he will take care of all his expenses after he is done with his schooling till class 10th.
Now, my cousin is in standard 11th.He is still staying with his maternal uncles and his father has directly denied paying anything for his expenses under the influence of his second wife.
What legal options do we have? Can a legal notice be sent to him because I feel very bad for the child.
1. A Minor child (upto 18 years) of age is legally entitled to maintenance from his parents, PROVIDED child is staying with him or is in custody of parents, subject to various parameters.
2. Since child of 17 years of age is NOT staying with Parents or has abandoned Parents or whatever, child will not be able to claim maintenance from his parents.
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