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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone actually read the PA case? http://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Superior/out/A36025_11.pdf .  it seems the PA man who was found liable for his mother's health care expenses didn't do a good job arguing his case.  It seems he provided little proof that he was unable to pay his mother's expenses.

We recently went through something similar where my DH was sued by a service provider who provided in-home care for his father.  Although the company didn't cite filial responsibility law as the basis for suing DH, I don't believe it would have been difficult (after reading the PA case) for us to establish that we were not able to pay for his care. In the PA case, the suing company provided like 5 years of tax returns of the man they were suing.  He said there was no consideration of his own bills he needed to pay but he didn't provide any of those bills.  It sounds like he did nothing to prove his point and his appeal was denied because there was no error in application of judgment in light of the law.  You can't get an appeal on the basis of lack of effort.[/quote]
The point is less about how he lost the case due to lack of a good defense, paperwork. The point is how someone can be made to be responsible for someone else's bills. PERIOD.END OF STORY. [/quote]

I see you're still not understanding.  It's already well established a large number of states have filial responsibility laws.  To kick in, a plaintiff has to show a defendant has the means to pay for parental care.  That's [b]HOW [/b]someone can be made responsible for parental care.  To avoid being made responsible for parental care, you need to establish inability to pay.  Clear?

If you're unclear on how laws are made, I suggest you google "how laws are made in [fill in state]". [/quote]

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