Support

As a verb, furnishing funds or means for maintenance; to maintain; to provide for; to enable to continue; to carry on. To provide a means of livelihood. To vindicate, to maintain, to defend, to uphold with aid or countenance.

As a noun, that which furnishes a livelihood; a source or means of living; subsistence, sustenance, maintenance, or living.

Support includes all sources of living that enable a person to live in a degree of comfort suitable and befitting her station in life. Support encompasses housing, food, clothing, health, nursing, and medical needs, along with adequate recreation expenses. Most states impose a legal duty on an individual to support his or her spouse and children.

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Child Support.

SUPPORT. The right of support is an easement which one man, either by contract or prescription, enjoys, to rest the joists or timbers of his house upon the wall of an adjoining building, owned by another person. 3 Kent, Com. 435. Vide Lois des Bat. part. 1, c. 3, s. a. 1, Sec. T; Party wall.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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Section IV of this Article provides the legal background on this issue and describes the current controversy over how to treat service animals and emotional support animals under federal law.

DON'T BE DISTRACTED BY THE PEACOCK TRYING TO BOARD AN AIRPLANE: WHY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS ARE SERVICE ANIMALS AND SHOULD BE REGULATED IN THE SAME MANNER

"I would say my main role is to give plenty of support to guide them to become a parent who understands the needs of their child in every way, from emotional support and keeping their child safe, to keeping the child clean and healthy."

Council searching for parent and child foster carers

Delta said in January that there had been a spike in the number of reported animal incidents in recent years, including urination, defecation, biting, and a high-profile 2017 mauling of a passenger by an emotional support dog.

Airlines must continue to accept service animals, says US transport dep't

Only 48.4 percent of Korean parents said they were willing to give lifetime emotional support to their child whereas all Finnish, American and Taiwanese parents showed a far more positive response rate of over 90 percent.

Doctor, lawyer top parents' preferred jobs for children

The passenger claimed that she bought an extra ticket to seat her emotional support bird but United Airlines denied it from boarding the plane.

Sound Familiar? Airlines Adjust Policies for Emotional Support Animals

Documentation being what it is, some wily passengers figured out they could save money by rebranding the family pet as an emotional support animal that would travel for free on their laps.

United grounds peacock that someone tried to take on board as a support animal

All domestic animals can quality as emotional support animals, including "...

Is a Parrot a service animal?

" The support may involve help of a practical nature, such as baby sitting, as well as emotional support in the sense of having somebody who listens to you when you are having a hard time." --

MOTHERS WITH ALOTOFFRIENDS CLOSER TO KIDS

A struggle to keep going for lots of us MENTAL health charity Mind has found that huge numbers of people in Yorkshire & the Humber are struggling to get the emotional support they need in day-to-day life.

A struggle to keep [...]; BRIEFLY

"I would like to stress that our primary focus is still to locate his mother and provide her with the emotional support she may need.

Police appeal to parents of dead baby before burial