law: Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
  Chapter II: Nature of
  
  Limited Liability Partnership
  4. Maintenance of
  
  parents and senior citizens.-
  1.  
  
    A
  
  senior citizen including parent who is unable to maintain himself from his own
  
  earning or out of the property owned by him, shall be entitled to make an
  
  application under section 5 in case of-
   
  
   i.  
  
    parent
  
  or grand-parent, against one or more of his children not being a minor;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    a
  
  childless senior citizen, against such of his relative referred to in clause
  
  (g) of section 2.
  1.  
  
  
  2.  
  
    The
  
  obligation of the children or relative, as the case may be, to maintain a
  
  senior citizen extends to the needs of such citizen so that senior citizen may
  
  lead a normal life.
  3.  
  
    The
  
  obligation of the children to maintain his or her parent extends to the needs
  
  of such parent either father or mother or both, as the case may be, so that
  
  such parent may lead a normal life.
  4.  
  
    Any
  
  person being a relative of a senior citizen and having sufficient means shall
  
  maintain such senior citizen provided he is in possession of the property of
  
  such senior citizen or he would inherit the property of such senior citizen:
  Provided
  
  that 
  
  where more than one relatives are entitled to inherit the property of a senior
  
  citizen, the maintenance shall be payable by such relative in the proportion in
  
  which they would inherit his property.