Section 17 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 deals with:

Section 17 is headed Right to legal representation. Section 17 contains a textual bar on representation by legal practitioners. Its current operation must be read with section 30 of the Advocates Act and controlling judicial decisions. In Paramjit Kumar Saroya v Union of India (Punjab and Haryana High Court, 28 May 2014), the Court held that section 17 did not prevent legal representation after 15 June 2011. A question about the operative rule must specify the relevant jurisdiction and date rather than assume an unqualified nationwide bar.