
Quoting
Schmidt v Mutual Hospital Services, Inc., 832 N.E.2d 977 (Ind. Ct. App., 2005)
"Parents are responsible for the care and keeping of their children. This serious obligation has long been imposed upon them by our common and statutory law. The doctrine of necessaries long has imposed upon parents the legal obligation and duty to provide support and education for their children." Bergmann v. State, 486 N.E.2d 653, 662 (Ind. Ct. App. 1985) "It is fundamental that a parent owes a duty of providing medical care for a child." Collection Bureau of Warrick County, Inc. v. Sweeney, 434 N.E.2d 143, 144 (Ind. Ct. App. 1982).