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Section 125,  childless stepmother is entitled to claim maintenance from her stepson  provided she is a widow or her husband, if living, is also incapable ... also possessed of  sufficient  means.  The  respondent No.2  claimed  maintenance from stepson, the appellant, living out all her natural born  Page

Section 125 , a childless stepmother is entitled to claim maintenance from her stepson provided she is a widow or her husband, if living, is also ... incapable of maintaining her. The question whether a stepson is liable to maintain his stepmother out of the inherited estate was kept open. While taking

husband of the complainant, Ramilaben, and the deceased, namely, Bipinbhai, was the stepson of the accused. The deceased Bipinbhai was a follower of one Asharam