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Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, a Hindu must maintain an unmarried daughter:

Section 20(3): the obligation to maintain "a daughter who is unmarried extends in so far as" she "is unable to maintain herself out of her own earnings or other property".…

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Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, a Hindu must maintain an unmarried daughter:

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Section 20(3): the obligation to maintain "a daughter who is unmarried extends in so far as" she "is unable to maintain herself out of her own earnings or other property". It is not cut off at majority, but it also does not arise if she has enough means of her own.

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