An Analysis of the Parents Maintenance Act, 2013 with a Focus on its Drawbacks and Feasible Solutions: Bangladesh Perspective

Abstract

It is unquestionable fact that parents are the most important factor in every birth of child on earth. Children began to rely on their parents long before entering this wonderful world. Vice versa, after getting older parents also like to be dependent on their grown-up children. Parents deserve love, care, support and empathy from their children just like children received such at their infant age. A happy family can be the result of a caring and loving relationship between parents and children. The rights and obligations between parents and children are reciprocal in this world. In this paper efforts have been made to overview of the Parents Maintenance Act, 2013 and to examine the factors or causes which are liable for not providing proper care/maintenance to elderly population by their children. It has also been tried to highlight some limitations of the Act as well as to suggest some possible way-out.