Maintenance of a major unmarried daughter

chiranjib mukherjee (Querist) 16 October 2022 This query is : Resolved
Is the major unmarried daughter entitled to get maintenance from her father?
If not, please give me judgement on the said point.

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Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, a major unmarried daughter is entitled to claim maintenance from her father. This right is applicable provided she is unable to support herself through her own earnings or other assets. The Act explicitly states this obligation for fathers to maintain their children, extending to unmarried daughters who meet the dependency criteria.

Advocate Bhartesh goyal (Expert) 18 October 2022
Yes, major unmarried daughter is entitled to get maintenance from her father if she is unable to maintain from her own earnings under the provisions of Hindu Adoption and Maintainance Act.

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Expert) 20 October 2022
Section 20 in The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
20. Maintenance of children and aged parents.—
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section a Hindu is bound, during his or her lifetime, to maintain his or her legitimate or illegitimate children and his or her aged or infirm parents.
(2) A legitimate or illegitimate child may claim maintenance from his or her father or mother so long as the child is a minor.
(3) The obligation of a person to maintain his or her aged or infirm parent or a daughter who is unmarried extends in so far as the parent or the unmarried daughter, as the case may be, is unable to maintain himself or herself out of his or her own earnings or other property. Explanation.—In this section “parent” includes a childless step-mother.

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