135. Husband and wife contract, by the mere fact of marriage, the obligation to maintain and bring up their children.
136. Children are bound to maintain their father, mother and other ascendants, who are in want.
137. (Repealed by Act 34 of 1956)
138. The obligations which result from this provision are reciprocal.
139. Maintenance is only granted in proportion to the wants of the party claiming it and the fortune of the party by whom it is due.
140. Whenever the condition of the party who furnishes or of the party who receives maintenance is so changed that the one can no longer give or the other no longer needs the whole or any part of it, a discharge from or a reduction of such maintenance may be demanded.
141. If the person who owes maintenance, prove that he cannot pay an alimentary pension, the Court may order such person to receive and maintain in his house the party to whom such maintenance is due.
142. The Court likewise decides whether the father or mother, who, although able to pay, offers to receive and maintain the child to whom a maintenance is due, shall in that case be exempted from paying an alimentary pension.