Title VIII — Support
Article 194
ELI5— what this means for you
Support covers everything essential to keeping a person alive and living with dignity: food, clothing, shelter, medical attendance, education, and transportation in keeping with the financial capacity of the family. Education includes schooling and, during the educational years, everything needed to pursue a course of study. This is the broadest definition of support under Philippine law.
Key point
Support is not just food — it includes education, medical, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Cutting off any of these may constitute failure to provide support.
Official text — EO 209
Full article text is being added. Read the official text at officialgazette.gov.ph.
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