Abstract:
The guarantee of a harmonious physical, psychological and spiritual development
of the child is indubitably linked with the obligation of the parents to take care of the said
child. This fundamental element of the patrimonial relationship between parent and child, is
based on the right of all the children to be cared for as long as they cannot obtain the
existential resources they require on their own (home, food, clothes, expenses for education
and professional formation). In this case, the parents must care for their underage children
until they reach 18 years old and they must also care for the mature children that are
incapable to work and require financial aid. In any case, the legal justification for the claim of a
maintenance pension, must be the assurance that it is in the supreme interest of the child in
question.
