Sec. 5. The court shall order the relative or relatives to perform the duty of support, in the following order: The husband or wife shall be first required to maintain the poor person, if of sufficient ability; if a husband or wife does not exist, or he or she is not of sufficient ability, then the father or mother of the poor person.
Court order to perform duty of support.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 401.5, under RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF POOR PERSONS.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 401.5