Question 9824 — family

Summary

One of the first obligations of parents is to ensure the education and maintenance of their children, whether they are adults or not. This is what Article 371-2 of the Civil Code states, applicable to all parents, married or not. It is true that the legislator does not define an age limit beyond which an adult child would no longer be authorized to have his parents contribute to his maintenance and education. But such a limitation would appear impossible to fix and would not allow adaptation to each situation. On the contrary, the family court judge assesses, based on the documents communicated to him, whether the parents of an adult child still have to pay alimony and, if so, what the amount should be. As provided in article 371-2 already cited, this assessment is carried out according to the respective resources of each parent and the needs of the adult child. On this last point, case law has clarified that these needs must be assessed according to the age and lifestyle of the child, with the family court judge taking into account in particular the child's continued studies.

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