Duty of man to maintain children

(1) Every man is hereby required to maintain his own children and also, (a) every child, whether born in wedlock or not, which his wife may have living with her at the time of her marriage with him; and (b) the children of any child of his, so long as such children respectively are unable to maintain themselves. (2) In regard to subsection (1) (b) of this section, an obligation to maintain will only arise where the father or mother of the child is ill or where neither parent can be located, or where they are unable to maintain themselves as aforesaid.