"It is the duty of both men and women to honour their parents. However, a married woman, who owes devotion to her husband, is exempt from the precept of honouring her parents. Yet, she is obliged to do for the parents, all she can, if her husband does not object."
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Shlomo Ganzfried, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, 143:17 (tr. Hyman E. Goldin, 1961)
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