California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Salas v. Cortez, 145 Cal.Rptr. 727, 80 Cal.App.3d 427 (Cal. App. 1978):
1 Civil Code section 206: "It is the duty of the father, the mother, and the children of any person in need who is unable to maintain himself by work, to maintain such person to the extent of their ability . . . ." (See Paxton v. Paxton (1907) 150 Cal. 667, 669, 89 P. 1083.)
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