The father or mother of any needy disabled person who unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 273, § 23
Needy persons with disabilities; neglect or refusal of parents to support; penalty
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