Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, the court considers the claimant's own income:

The court must consider "the value of the claimant's property and any income derived from such property, or from the claimant's own earnings", together with any other income, under section 23(2)(d), and the dependant's property and income under section 23(3)(f). It applies to every claimant, not only to parents.