Does a parent have a right to refuse to furnish a child's necessaries in kind?

Furthermore, like Welfare and Institutions Code section 903, subdivision (a), Penal Code section 270 does not require necessaries be furnished in kind. Provided the parent adopts an appropriate method to assure the provision of necessaries to the child, such as financial support to the institution having custody of the child, the burden of these statutes is met. (Lyons v. Municipal Court (1977) 75 Cal.App.3d 829, 842-843, 142 Cal.Rptr. 449.) They had no responsibility to provide him with these items.

Dismissal motion based on possessory right in apartment