Support Obligations

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From chazal, a father is obligated to pay for the food of his child up to the age of seven.¹

References

¹: Ran (Ketubot 28b) explains that a father's obligation to pay for his child is based on his obligation to give food to his wife. Since a mother feeds her children, he is obligated to provide her with food for his child up to the age of seven.