Q: For years my father has paid my zakat al-fitr. Should I be paying it instead?
A: You are obliged to pay your own zakat al-fitr as well as those you are obliged to take care of. If you cannot afford to pay on behalf of everyone, you are to pay in the following order;
1. Yourself
2. Your wife
3. Your bondservant
4. Your mother
5. Your father
6. Your child
7. The next in line for inheritence and so on
Source: Hidayat al-Raghib