Spring v. Spring

The general rule of law concerning parental duty to support and maintain minor children is well stated in 39 Am. Jur., Parent and Child, pp. 630, 631, sec. 35:

“The prevailing view now is that parents are, regardless of any statute, under a legal as well as a moral duty to support, maintain, and care for their minor children. This obligation is sometimes spoken of as one under the common law and sometimes as a matter of natural right and justice, and is often accepted as a matter of course without the assignment of any reason. It may be, of course, and now frequently is, a duty specifically…