Lasher v. Decker

This is an application by the Commissioner of Public Welfare of the County of Dutchess to compel a child, who is presently an adult and self-supporting, to support his mother.

The mother in this case is presently a recipient of public welfare in that the Dutchess County Welfare Department is presently caring for her.

The evidence presented to the court explains the unwillingness on the part of the adult children to accept a duty of contributing to the support of their mother for they were abandoned by their mother many years ago during their minority. At that time, the mother was brought into…