California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Laughner v. Bryne, 18 Cal.App.4th 904, 22 Cal.Rptr.2d 671 (Cal. App. 1993):
We reach a similar conclusion concerning appellant's cause of action for expenses which will be incurred for her son's care and maintenance, excluding medical expense, after he reaches the age of majority. Parents have a duty to support an adult child unable to support himself imposed by Civil Code section 206, and their right to recover expenses, in a Civil Code section 206 cause of action, which are likely to be incurred after the injured child's age of majority "may depend on whether--at the time of trial--it can be determined if the child will be able to 'maintain himself by work' on reaching adulthood." (Turpin v. Sortini, supra, 31 Cal.3d at p. 238, fn. 12, 182 Cal.Rptr. 337, 643 P.2d 954.)
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