Results: Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren

Though this kind of lawsuit is rare, the topic of familial obligation has long been controversial in India, where carrying on the family line and caring for elderly parents and in-laws is often seen as a filial duty. In your opinion, is caring for your parents a filial duty (duty of a child to its parents)?

It's also sometimes a legal duty in India: parents can claim a monthly allowance from their adult children under a federal law that seeks to protect parents and senior citizens who may not be able to take care of themselves. Do you think US and Canada should have laws like this?

The couple's legal representative, Arvind Srivastava, said that as the couple ages, "there is no-one to take care of them," and that "all parents wish to be grandparents one day." If you are a parent, or planning to be, do you wish to be a grandparent? If you already are one, did you wish before you were one that you would have grandkids?

In the petition, viewed by CNN, the couple claim they spent about 20 million Indian rupees (about $257,000) raising their son, who is an only child. "They raised him, educated him, made him capable, made him a pilot -- which was expensive," said Srivastava. Do you think children should be responsible for their parents in any of these ways when they become adults?