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Are parents obliged to send their children to college?
Legal analysis: Whether parents have the obligation to support their children to go to college depends on many factors, such as their children's age and independent living conditions. According to relevant laws and regulations, although parents have the obligation to raise and educate their children, their legal obligation to raise their children ends at 18 years old. Parents have no legal obligation to support their children over the age of 18 who have completed high school, are healthy, have the ability to work and have the ability and conditions to live independently, that is to say, parents have no legal obligation to support their children who go to college as adults; For minor children who go to college, they have the right to ask their parents to pay alimony.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 26 Parents have the obligation to support, educate and protect their minor children. Adult children have the obligation to support, help and protect their parents.

Article 1067 If parents fail to perform their maintenance obligations, minor children or adult children who cannot live independently shall have the right to ask their parents to pay alimony. Parents who fail to perform their maintenance obligations, lack the ability to work or have difficulties in life have the right to ask their adult children to pay alimony.