Hindman v. State

Appellants were convicted upon a charge of failing to support their mother based upon § 10-1410, Burns’ 1942 Replacement, § 2893, Baldwin’s 1934, which concludes with the sentence:

“The provisions of this act shall not apply to children who have not lived with or who have not been supported by their parents when such children were minors.”

The evidence discloses that neither appellant lived with nor was supported by his parents during the entire period of his minority.

This sentence was construed in Lanham et al. v. The State (1935), 208 Ind. 79, 194 N. E. 625, 195 N. E. 73, at page 82, by Judge…