law: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
  60. Contribution by
  
  parents.-
  
  1.     
  
    The
  
  competent authority which makes an order for sending a juvenile or the child to
  
  a children's home or to a special home or placing the juvenile under the care
  
  of a fit person or fit institution may make an order requiring the parent or
  
  other person liable to maintain the juvenile or the child to contribute to his
  
  maintenance, if able to do so, in the prescribed manner according to income.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  competent authority may direct, if necessary, the payment to be made to poor
  
  parent or guardian by the superintendent or the Project Manager of the home to
  
  pay such expenses for the journey of the inmate or parent or guardian or both,
  
  from the home to his ordinary place of residence at the time of sending the
  
  juvenile as may be prescribed.