Q. My husband and I live in Virginia and are currently looking into options for long-term care for my mother, since she has dementia and it’s getting worse. I recently learned about Virginia’s filial responsibility law from … [Read more...]
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Maryland Repealed Filial Responsibility Laws. What’s Going on in Virginia?
September 4, 2020 by
---- Q. My mother has had dementia for the past three years. As her condition is getting worse, we’re having trouble caring for her at home. I heard recently that if she goes into a nursing home and she can’t pay, then the … [Read more...]
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What happens when a person who is in need of long-term care is unable to pay for it? More than half of the states in our country have filial responsibility laws -- laws that can make adult children financially responsible for … [Read more...]
Print This PageAre Filial Responsibility Laws Preempted by the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act?
March 14, 2018 by
In October 2010, Doris Pike was admitted to Corry Manor, a nursing home in Pennsylvania. At that time, her husband, Levere, signed an agreement with the facility, promising to use his wife's assets to pay for nursing home care … [Read more...]
Print This PageFilial Responsibility
August 2, 2015 by
Q. I was on Avvo recently looking up "filial responsibility." I saw you answered a question where a husband sued his wife's children to pay him monthly for the care of their mother in a dementia unit, and they were ordered to pay … [Read more...]
Print This PageFilial Responsibility: Elderly Couple May Be Responsible For Son’s Medical Bills
October 1, 2014 by
Filial responsibility laws obligate adult children to pay for their indigent parents’ food, clothing, shelter and medical needs. When the children fail to do so, nursing homes, hospitals, and other creditors can file lawsuits … [Read more...]
Print This PageMore Filial Responsibility Cases are Ending Up in Court
December 10, 2013 by
Filial responsibility laws obligate adult children to pay for their indigent parents’ food, clothing, shelter and medical needs. When the children fail to do so, nursing homes and government agencies can bring legal action to … [Read more...]
Print This PageNow this is SCARY- Filial Responsibility Part 2
October 29, 2013 by
Ruth and Earl Linderkamp, parents of Dawn Herrmann and Elden, Louis, Carl, Gene, and Dennis Linderkamp, resided in Four Seasons Healthcare, a nursing home in Forman, ND from 2006 until they died in 2009 and 2010, respectively. In … [Read more...]
Print This PageAre Children Legally Responsible for their Parents’ Care? – Filial Responsibility Explained
April 24, 2013 by
Maryann Pittas, the victim of a car accident, was a patient in a nursing home for about six months. A few weeks after she was released, her son received the nursing-home bill of $93,000. He was beside himself when the facility … [Read more...]
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