32-1002 RECIPROCAL DUTIES OF SUPPORT. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 32

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

CHAPTER 10

PARENT AND CHILD

32-1002. Reciprocal duties of support. It is the duty of the father, the mother and the child or children of any poor person who is unable to maintain himself or herself by work, to maintain such poor person to the extent of his or her ability. Whenever any person shall apply for aid to any county within this state under its indigent laws, and it shall at any time appear to the county commissioners that said poor person has a father, mother, child or children who is able to maintain him or her, but fails so to do, it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to furnish all necessary aid and said commissioners may bring a civil suit against such father, mother, child or children to recover the amount so expended, in the name of the county. The promise of an adult child to pay for necessaries previously furnished to such parents is binding.