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(18,359 posts)asked my state congresscritters about it. I would like to get it in front of a Congressional debate. The filial responsibility laws in many states are very scary. My grandmother is in a nursing home in this state, and I worry about my financial exposure.
252.2 PARENTS AND CHILDREN LIABLE.
The father, mother, and children of any poor person, who is unable
to maintain the poor person's self by labor, shall jointly or
severally relieve or maintain such person in such manner as, upon
application to the board of supervisors of the county where such
person has a residence or may be, they may direct.
252.5 REMOTE RELATIVES.
In the absence or inability of nearer relatives, the same
liability shall extend to grandparents, if of ability without
personal labor, and to the grandchildren who are of ability by
personal labor or otherwise.
Section History: Early Form
252.6 ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY.
Upon the failure of such relatives to assist or maintain a poor
person who has made application for assistance, the county board of
supervisors, service area advisory board created under section
217.43, or state division of child and family services of the
department of human services may apply to the district court of the
county where the poor person resides or may be found for an order to
compel the assistance or maintenance.