SUPPORT

SUPPORT

1. ART. 194

   • Support compromises everything indispensable for sustenance, dwelling, clothing, medical attendance, education and transportation, in keeping with the financial capacity of the family.
   • The education of the person entitled to be supported referred to in the preceding paragraph shall include his schooling or training for some profession, trade or vocation, even beyond the age of majority. Transportation shall include expenses in going to and from school, or to and from place of work.

2. ART. 196

   • Subject to the provisions of the succeeding articles, the following are obliged to support each other to the whole extent set forth in the preceding article:
     • The spouses
     • Legitimate ascendants and descendants
     • Parents and their legitimate children and the legitimate and illegitimate children of the latter
     • Parents and their illegitimate children and the legitimate and illegitimate children of the latter; and
     • Legitimate brothers and sisters, whether of full or half-blood