RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF POOR PERSONS (EXCERPT)
Act 146 of 1925

401.5 Court order to perform duty of support.

Sec. 5.

The court shall order the relative or relatives to perform the duty of support, in the following order: The husband or wife shall be first required to maintain the poor person, if of sufficient ability; if a husband or wife does not exist, or he or she is not of sufficient ability, then the father or mother of the poor person.

History: 1925, Act 146, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 8212 ;-- CL 1948, 401.5 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1953 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 44, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 313, Imd. Eff. Dec. 5, 1980
Former Law: See section 4, R.S. 1846, Ch. 37, being CL 1857, § 1421; CL 1871, § 1804; How., § 1744; CL 1897, § 4490; and CL 1915, § 5194.

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