Q: Can parents in marylandrefuse to feed cloth or adbandon their child if they are 19 but still in high school with learnin
Child had learning issues that's why they are still in high school
A:
Article General Provisions
§1–401.
(a) (1) The age of majority is 18 years.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section or as otherwise
specifically provided by statute, an individual at least 18 years old is an adult for all
purposes and has the same legal capacity, rights, powers, privileges, duties, liabilities,
and responsibilities that an individual at least 21 years old had before July 1, 1973.
(b) An individual who has attained the age of 18 years and who is enrolled in
secondary school has the right to receive support and maintenance from both of the
individual’s parents until the first to occur of the following events:
(1) the individual dies;
(2) the individual marries;
(3) the individual is emancipated;
(4) the individual graduates from or is no longer enrolled in secondary
school; or
(5) the individual attains the age of 19 years.
A: Under Maryland law, a child reaches the age of majority at 18. The law provides for an exception for individuals over 18 if they are still in high school but only until the age of 19. Parents may be responsible for an adult with disability if the disability is severe (the individual cannot care for him/herself). Having a learning disability probably does not necessarily make a parent responsible for the individual over 19. It depends on the severity of the disability.
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