Kaddish DeRabbanan when Parents are Alive
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Question
If someone has both parents alive, can they say Kaddish DeRabbanan?
Answer
According to the basic law, there is no objection for someone who has both parents alive to say Kaddish DeRabbanan. Therefore, the Kaddish after learning can be recited by anyone, and the Kaddish in prayer is customarily skipped when there is no mourner in the synagogue.
Source
Pitchei Teshuva, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 376, s"k 4: "It implies that if both parents are alive, one should not say Kaddish, and this specifically refers to the Orphan's Kaddish, but Kaddish DeRabbanan can be said. This is also written in Teshuvot Even Shem, Siman 20, see there."
This means that Kaddish DeRabbanan is part of the main prayer, as written in Mishnah Berurah, Siman 132, s"k 11, that in the main prayer there is no objection to praying, even if one's parents are alive.
Furthermore, it is customary that even someone who has both parents alive says Kaddish after completion, and even though it mentions the future resurrection of the dead, all the more so for Kaddish DeRabbanan.
And it is said in the Gemara, Sotah, page 49, that since the Temple was destroyed, the world stands on the sanctity of the Sidra and "Yehei Shmei Rabba" of the Aggadah. And one should not belittle this Kaddish.