Showing posts with label filial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label filial. Show all posts
Monday, November 27, 2017

Agent Under Power of Attorney Liable for Damages to Nursing Home for Breach of Contract

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Nursing homes have devised numerous strategies to legally seek reimbursement from residents' family members in light of federal and s...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Maryland Repeals Filial Responsibility Law

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Maryland has repealed its little-used filial responsibility law. Maryland's filial responsibility law provided that adult children a...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Filial Responsibility In the News

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Philly.com published the most recent warning: Children May have to Foot Bill for Indigent Parents' Care . The author writes: Remember wh...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

Filial Responsibility Laws Lead to Chaos

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Filial responsibility laws often lead family chaos to spill-over into the legal system. A recent Pennsylvania case, involving a claim by ...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Man Can't Challenge Discharge of Brother's Debt for Mom's Care under Filial Responsibility Law

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A U.S. district court has affirmed a bankruptcy court's decision that a man cannot prevent the discharge of his brother's debt ow...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Don't Let Institutions Plan for You: Medicaid-Eligible Nursing Home Resident Stuck With Costs of Private-Pay Room

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An Illinois case illustrates why seniors, their families, and caregivers simply cannot entrust their best interests to institutions. An Illi...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Use of Filial Responsibility to Collect a Nursing Home Debt Survives Federal Challenges

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The State of Pennsylvania is racking up victories supporting the use of filial responsibility in resource recovery of Medicaid benefits. ...
Monday, November 3, 2014

Man Can't Challenge Discharge of Brother's Debt for Mom's Care under Filial Responsibility Law

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A bankruptcy court has ruled that a man does not have standing to prevent the discharge of his brother's debt owed to their mother...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Elderly Couple May Be Responsible for Adult Son's Unpaid Medical Bills

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An elderly Pennsylvania husband and wife are being asked to pay their deceased adult son's medical bills under a law making family membe...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Conveyance to Son Was Fraudulent, But His Siblings May Also Be Liable Under Filial Support Law

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North Dakota is apparently utilizing its filial responsibility statute in allocating long term care liabilities.  North Dakota's high...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Filial Responsibility- Complicating Estate, Retirement and Asset Protection Planning

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Twenty-eight states currently have laws making adult children responsible for their parents if their parents can't afford to take care o...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Pennsylvania's Filial Support Law Survives Federal Challenge

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Pennsylvania's filial support statute has survived a multi-faceted challenge in federal court. Filial responsibility includes the leg...
Monday, May 6, 2013

Adult Children Could Be Responsible for Parents' Nursing Home Bills

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The adult children of elderly parents in many states could be held liable for their parents' nursing home bills as a result of the ne...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

Son Liable for Mother's Nursing Home Bill Under Filial Responsibility Law

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A Pennsylvania appeals court has held a son liable for his mother's $93,000 nursing home bill under the state's filial responsibi...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Nursing Home May Sue Resident's Daughter for Breach of Contract

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A Connecticut trial court has ruled that a nursing home may sue a resident's daughter for breach of contract because she agreed to use...
Sunday, September 18, 2005

The Legal Responsibility of Adult Children to Care for Indigent Parents

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A conservative policy group has released an issue brief proposing that states begin enforcing filial responsibility laws in order to reduce ...