According to the law of our country, criminal cases have the limitation of prosecution, and the limitation of prosecution for abandonment crime is five years. More than 20 years has exceeded the effectiveness of prosecution, but it can still be prosecuted, but the court will generally declare innocence. Whoever refuses to support the elderly, the young, the sick or other people who cannot live independently, if the circumstances are flagrant, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance. If the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, after five years; If the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, after ten years; If the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, after 15 years; If the maximum legal punishment is life imprisonment or death penalty, after 20 years. 20 years later, if it is deemed necessary to prosecute, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval. Husband and wife have the obligation to support each other; Parents have the obligation to raise and educate their minor children; Adult children have the obligation to support and assist their parents: the relationship between parents and children will not be eliminated because of parents' divorce, and parents still have the obligation to support and educate their children after divorce.
The rights and obligations between adoptive parents and adopted children, and between stepparents and stepchildren are the same as those between biological parents and their children, but the rights and obligations between adopted children and biological parents are destroyed by the establishment of adoption relationship; Children born out of wedlock enjoy the same rights as children born in wedlock, and parents should bear part or all of their necessary living and education expenses until their children can live independently.
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Legal basis:
Article 87 of the criminal law
After the following time limit, the crime will not be prosecuted:
(1) Five years have passed if the statutory maximum penalty is less than five years of fixed-term imprisonment;
(2) Ten years if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years;
(3) Fifteen years if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years;
(4) Twenty years have passed if the maximum legal punishment is life imprisonment or death penalty. 20 years later, if it is deemed necessary to prosecute, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.