india family-law children
Financial dependency while over age of majority
<p>If someone's father is not giving money to his child (21 years), can that child put a case on his father of not getting money for him as he is totally dependent on his father as that child is a student right now and not earning yet.</p>

<p>The short answer is <strong>no</strong> (or at least, very probably not successfully).<br>
The "child" is over the age of majority (for most jurisdictions anyway) and remaining a student is not enough to create a legal financial dependency.  </p>

<p>In India, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority_Act_%28India%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">age of majority is generally 18</a> but is <a href="http://infochangeindia.org/agenda/child-rights-in-india/who-is-a-child.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">different for certain circumstances</a>.<br>
As discussed <a href="http://infochangeindia.org/agenda/child-rights-in-india/who-is-a-child.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, </p>

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  <p>Unless a particular personal law specifies otherwise, every person domiciled in India is deemed to have attained majority upon completion of 18 years of age. However, in the case of a minor for whose person or property, or both, a guardian has been appointed or declared by any court of justice before the age of 18 years, and in case of every minor the superintendence of whose property has been assumed by the Court of Wards, age of majority will be 21 years and not 18.</p>
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<p>So even if the child had fallen into this category, once they reach 21 they have passed the age of majority.    </p>

<p>For those in the US, Mr_Vitale has <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/11966/financial-dependency-while-over-age-of-majority/11967#comment21630_11966">pointed out</a> the distinction between child support and <a href="http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/termination-of-support-college-support.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">college support</a>, which may exist in your state; check the <a href="http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/termination-of-support-college-support.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">link</a> for state-specific details. </p>
