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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After reading this thread I find this whole idea scary, especially for those with little or no relationship with their distant/abusive/mentally ill/hoarding etc. parents. I wonder what's next -- if states are holding people accountable for the financial situations of parents with whom they have no relationship or even no contact at all, will states next turn to holding people similarly accountable for the bills and expenses of siblings, for instance? Or adult children with whom the parent has had no contact?

I hope that an elder care lawyer will somehow see this thread and post here. Thanks to the other lawyer who posted, BTW.[/quote]

Everyone really needs to take a deep breath.  Filial support laws are generally meant to be used against adult children who have taken control of their parents' assets, usually for the explicit purpose of shielding those assets from eldercare expenses.[/quote]

Hey, deep breath lady, seriously, stop posting that. You're incorrect. The stories out of PA make it completely clear that this is NOT just an issue of preventing the transfer of wealth to qualify the elderly parents for medicaid but the actual suing of children for care they never signed on for - even absent any such transfer of money or even contact in some cases.

Please, before you patronize, at least do a courtesy google search. [/quote]

Seems like the laws were meant to be used against adult children who shelter/move around parental assets, but it seems eldercare providers are now realizing those laws can be used to hound adult children to collect payment once an estate is out of money.

Could some sort of "I am responsible for no one's debts except my own (and X, Y, and Z)" announcements I periodically see in the newspaper be used in the case of estranged parents? [/quote]

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