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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:224"
article_number: "224"
status: active
heading: "Parental obligation of support and education"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 5 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109338"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2015
    act_number: 260
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2016-01-01
    role: enactment
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# Art. 224. Parental obligation of support and education

Parents are obligated to support, maintain, and educate their child. The obligation to educate a child continues after minority as provided by law.