Parents who abused children may find it harder to claim maintenance later, under proposed changes to law
A public consultation will be held between Nov 14 and Dec 9 on four proposed amendments to the Maintenance of Parents Act
It was last amended in 2010
An earlier public consultation found that 70 per cent of respondents felt it is a child's responsibility to care for their parents
The same survey also found a unanimous consensus on the need to protect people who suffered abuse, neglect or abandonment by a parent during childhood