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Showing Original Post only (View all)If Your Parents Can’t Pay Their Bills, You May Have To [View all]
A Pennsylvania man got some unpleasant news when he found out a nursing home was sticking him with a bill for $93,000 for his mother’s medical care.
- Pennsylvania’s “filial support law”can make children liable for parents’ bills
- Twenty-eight other states have similar laws
- First known filial support case with large liability but no fault
Parents can spend a fortune feeding, clothing and educating their children. Now, it’s time for the kids to give back, says the Pennsylvania law which is being used to hold children liable for their parents’ expensive medical bills.
John Pittas, a 47-year-old restaurant owner, has found himself staring at a bill for $92,943.41 for his mother’s stint in a rehab center after she broke both legs in a car accident and didn’t have her Medicaid coverage in order. Maryann Pittas, who now lives in Greece, is considered indigent by the state because her only income is Social Security and her husband’s Veteran’s Administration benefit.
That means the rehab center can sue her children under a previously obscure filial support law that can hold kids responsible for mom and dad’s debts.
- Pennsylvania’s “filial support law”can make children liable for parents’ bills
- Twenty-eight other states have similar laws
- First known filial support case with large liability but no fault
Parents can spend a fortune feeding, clothing and educating their children. Now, it’s time for the kids to give back, says the Pennsylvania law which is being used to hold children liable for their parents’ expensive medical bills.
John Pittas, a 47-year-old restaurant owner, has found himself staring at a bill for $92,943.41 for his mother’s stint in a rehab center after she broke both legs in a car accident and didn’t have her Medicaid coverage in order. Maryann Pittas, who now lives in Greece, is considered indigent by the state because her only income is Social Security and her husband’s Veteran’s Administration benefit.
That means the rehab center can sue her children under a previously obscure filial support law that can hold kids responsible for mom and dad’s debts.
http://www.businessinsider.com/if-your-parents-cant-pay-their-bills-you-may-have-to-2012-5
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WHEN THE GOP ENDS THE FEDERAL MANDATE UNDER MECIAID THE KIDS WILL BE FORCED TO PAY.
TheMastersNemesis
May 2012
#3
When my father died, I couldn't believe who tried to hit me up for his only debt: His bookie!
Petrushka
May 2012
#24
That was my first reaction too . . . but . . . then it became the bookies' reaction when . . .
Petrushka
May 2012
#56
When the reality of this kind of law comes home to people, they will revolt, big time.
CTyankee
May 2012
#11
Thank you! It's interesting to note the difference between, say, WV, OH, & PA laws. (eom)
Petrushka
May 2012
#25
you wouldn't believe how fast I hit that site when I first read this article
magical thyme
May 2012
#58
So who are all these conservatives in California who voted for this filial law?
snooper2
May 2012
#41
"today's seniors paid the Social Security and Medicare costs for their parents."
Hatchling
May 2012
#54
How would that work if your mother & father divorced after willingly giving you to the State and
Petrushka
May 2012
#23
You can't work. I have been taking care of the wife for four years, and that is a full time job.
sarcasmo
May 2012
#62
Thirty states have this law? Was it one of ALECs "gifts"? Had YOU heard of it before?
peacebird
May 2012
#31
As a matter of fact, I have heard Obama say that we are indeed, the envy of the world.
SammyWinstonJack
May 2012
#51
When he says, "We are the envy of the world!" he might have a mouse in his pocket…
Larry Ogg
May 2012
#61
Don't the parents have to transfer their assets to their kids BEFORE this happens?
uponit7771
May 2012
#35