The bill says aged or infirm parents now have the “right to shelter in the residences of their earning children” and the illegitimate children in the homes of either of their biological parents.
Illegitimate children already enjoy all the rights of legitimate children and can claim them from their official parents. The new provision gives additional protection “to the illegitimate children of rich and philandering persons”, Speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy said.
Although Indian law already has provisions for dependants, including parents, to claim maintenance, the Andhra Pradesh bill looks to add more teeth to them by simplifying prosecution and enforcement.
The bill also tries to help the elderly parents or minor children left behind by AIDS couples who commit suicide — a growing trend in the HIV-battered state. The government will protect them from being robbed of their legitimate property by relatives, and try to get them looked after by family members.
By G.S. Radhakrishna
Copyright © 2006 The Telegraph. All rights reserved.
September 2, 2006
INDIA: Aged Parents in Andhra Pradesh Can Now Claim Maintenance
HYDERABAD, Andhra Pradesh (The Telegraph, Kolkata), September 2, 2006:
Andhra Pradesh has made it easier for aged parents, who are abandoned or ill-treated by their children, to claim maintenance and shelter from them. All they have to do is file a police complaint, and the state will fight their case under an amended criminal law.
The amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) also allow illegitimate children to force their biological parents to pay for their upkeep. If the children file a police case with help from friends, relatives or NGOs, an alleged biological father can be forced to undergo a DNA test to establish paternity.
The bill says aged or infirm parents now have the “right to shelter in the residences of their earning children” and the illegitimate children in the homes of either of their biological parents.
Illegitimate children already enjoy all the rights of legitimate children and can claim them from their official parents. The new provision gives additional protection “to the illegitimate children of rich and philandering persons”, Speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy said.
Although Indian law already has provisions for dependants, including parents, to claim maintenance, the Andhra Pradesh bill looks to add more teeth to them by simplifying prosecution and enforcement.
The bill also tries to help the elderly parents or minor children left behind by AIDS couples who commit suicide — a growing trend in the HIV-battered state. The government will protect them from being robbed of their legitimate property by relatives, and try to get them looked after by family members.
By G.S. Radhakrishna
Copyright © 2006 The Telegraph. All rights reserved.
The bill says aged or infirm parents now have the “right to shelter in the residences of their earning children” and the illegitimate children in the homes of either of their biological parents.
Illegitimate children already enjoy all the rights of legitimate children and can claim them from their official parents. The new provision gives additional protection “to the illegitimate children of rich and philandering persons”, Speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy said.
Although Indian law already has provisions for dependants, including parents, to claim maintenance, the Andhra Pradesh bill looks to add more teeth to them by simplifying prosecution and enforcement.
The bill also tries to help the elderly parents or minor children left behind by AIDS couples who commit suicide — a growing trend in the HIV-battered state. The government will protect them from being robbed of their legitimate property by relatives, and try to get them looked after by family members.
By G.S. Radhakrishna
Copyright © 2006 The Telegraph. All rights reserved.
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