Does a parent have any heightened duty of care to a grown child?
<p>In the US, does a parent have any heightened duty of care to a grown child than that of an adult stranger to another adult?</p>

<p>Sometimes.</p>

<p>Financial aid programs presume a parental contribution and will deny any aid to students whose parents don't cooperate in the process unless they qualify as "independent" (e.g. if they are married).</p>

<p>A parent generally has an obligation to support an adult child who suffers from a disability that prevents them from functioning.</p>

<p>But, generally speaking, parents have few legal obligations to their adult children.</p>

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