Children fulfill their obligation to support their parents. Support means that children provide necessary living conditions for their parents materially and spiritually. Children, as caregivers, should fulfill the obligation to support the elderly economically, take care of their life and spiritual comfort, and take care of their special needs. All children have the obligation to support their parents.
According to the Constitution, adult children have the obligation to support and assist their parents. China's marriage law also stipulates that children have the obligation to support and assist their parents. When children fail to perform their maintenance obligations, parents who are unable to work or have difficulties in life have the right to ask their children to pay alimony.
The main content of support and assistance means that under the existing economic and social conditions, children should provide their parents with necessary necessities and expenses economically, and should respect, care and take care of their parents in life, spirit and emotion.
Adult children with financial ability, whether male or female, married or unmarried, should try their best to fulfill this obligation when their parents need support until their parents die. Children's obligation to support their parents occurs not only between children born in wedlock and their parents, but also between children born out of wedlock and their parents, between adopted children and adoptive parents, and between stepchildren and stepparents who have fulfilled their obligation to support education.
In order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the dependents, the Marriage Law stipulates that parents have the right to ask their children to pay alimony when they are unable to work or have difficulties in life and fail to perform their alimony obligations. Refuse to perform, can be resolved through litigation. If the circumstances are vile and constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.