Hmmm, and what happens if the child is living in another state? (Although in this case it's just on the other side of the Beltway in Maryland.) My, that law i

Hmmm, and what happens if the child is living in another state? (Although in this case it's just on the other side of the Beltway in Maryland.) My, that law is quite detailed, incorporates quite a bit more into it, and doesn't have the "through misfortune and without fault of his own" loophole. Yuck. Is it, are any of these seriously and rigorously enforced? Or are they perhaps used for internecine fighting between siblings and/or parents? ADDED: my home state of Missouri has not such law per ptaipale's citation (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12470488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12470488), so that might be why I'm ignorant of the laws of the states that do so. Hmmm, what if you live in one of those no responsibility states and your parent in a responsibility state?