1, maintenance obligation is a legal obligation, and it is not affected by parents' reasons. Specifically, children, as supporters, should fulfill the obligations of supporting the elderly economically, taking care of them in life and comforting them spiritually, and taking care of them in special needs. Children have the obligation to support their parents;
2. According to the law, parents have the obligation to raise and educate their children; Children have the obligation to support their parents, and the former is not the premise of the latter. Even if parents don't do their duty to support their children, children should do their duty to support their parents.
The consequences of parents' failure to raise their children are as follows:
1, the child is an adult, and the child can't ask for support until he is an adult, but the person who helps foster care or foster care can claim compensation from the child's biological parents and ask for a one-time payment;
2. If you have a fixed income, the amount of alimony can generally be 20%-30% of your income. The burden of raising more than two children can be appropriately increased, but generally it does not exceed 50% of the monthly income;
3. If there is no fixed income, the amount of childcare fee can be based on the income of the current year or the average annual income of the same industry, and the proportion is the same as the first point;
4, for the existence of special circumstances, such as private entrepreneurs, disabled children, should be appropriately considered to increase or decrease, should be based on the actual needs of children.
Legal basis: Article 1067 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).
If parents fail to perform their maintenance obligations, minor children or adult children who cannot live independently have the right to ask their parents to pay maintenance.
Parents who fail to perform their maintenance obligations, lack the ability to work or have difficulties in living have the right to claim alimony from their adult children.
Article 1068,
Parents have the right and obligation to educate and protect their minor children. If a minor child causes damage to others, parents shall bear civil liability according to law.
Article 1069
Children should respect their parents' marital rights and may not interfere with their parents' divorce, remarriage and married life. Children's obligation to support their parents shall not be terminated by the change of their parents' marital relationship.