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Article 2166Quasi-contracts
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When the person obliged to support an
orphan, or an insane or other indigent person unjustly
refuses to give support to the latter, any third person may
furnish support to the needy individual, with right of
reimbursement from the person obliged to give support.
The provisions of this article apply when the father or
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mother of a child under eighteen years of age unjustly
refuses to support him.
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