Thirty states have filial responsibility laws that require adult children to care for their indigent parents. The National Center for Policy Analysis claims that if these statutes are enforced, adult children would have to reimburse the state programs that provided care for their indigent parents.
Filial responsibility laws have traditionally not been enforced, possibly because federal law prohibits state Medicaid programs from looking at the finances of anyone other than the applicant or the applicant's spouse.
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SOURCE: elderlawanswers
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Obviously, relatively unknown, or enforced law. The implications would be far-reaching, if the law is enforced. Guess it must be a "hot potato", that no one wants to handle.
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