... especially when said parents ditch you at age 15 and hardly talk to you in the three decades since. That's what really pissed me off about the article. I can see how you would want to encourage deadbeat kids to help parents out, when those parents actually raised them. What infuriates me is deadbeat parents suddenly appearing after decades of neglect to sue their kids for money.I think it should absolutely not be a legal requirement for kids to pay for to take care of their parents, no matter how much they spent on raising them. Yes, it's great if the kids do take in their retired parents to care for them, but everyone should be personally responsible for saving enough money for their own retirement.
'Course, that quote doesn't quite apply here, seeing as they didn't even supply him with basic support.Let me tell you something. I owe you nothing! If you carried that bag a million miles, you did what you're supposed to do! Because you brought me into this world. And from that day you owed me everything you could ever do for me like I will owe my son if I ever have another. But you don't own me! You can't tell me when or where I'm out of line, or try to get me to live my life according to your rules. You don't even know what I am, Dad, you don't know who I am. You don't know how I feel, what I think. And if I tried to explain it the rest of your life you will never understand.
What do you mean "now?" You haven't heard of welfare babies? Some women, especially down here, squeeze out about 4-8 or so, from various and sundry baby-daddies, and then milk all of 'em for child support and welfare money. BAM! Never have to work again! *facepalm*Childrens- now a financial investment. Talk to your investment broker today to find out more.
What do you mean "now?" You haven't heard of welfare babies? Some women, especially down here, squeeze out about 4-8 or so, from various and sundry baby-daddies, and then milk all of 'em for child support and welfare money. BAM! Never have to work again! *facepalm*[/QUOTE]Childrens- now a financial investment. Talk to your investment broker today to find out more.
For that matter, it seems odd to me that the hospital would be able to sue him directly, even if he was obliged by law to help his mother.I found this to be a horrible abuse of the filial statute...
"Meanwhile, in the U.S., where some on the political right argue for wider enforcement of these laws to ease the growing strain on the public purse, third parties have begun using them to force adult children to pay their parents' bills. Last year, Don Grant, an unemployed Pennsylvania dad wrestling with a mortgage and his daughter's college tuition, was successfully sued by a hospital using the state's filial statute when his 72-year-old mom skipped her bill. Grant, raised by his grandparents and estranged from his mom, didn't even know she was in hospital."
Would a parent be on the hook for say their 30 year old child bailing on a hospital bill? Something doesn't seem right...
My wife and I have already started a "bill box" as a joke, for when our daughter turns 18. Just to keep that whole "I want to have babies" thing in perspective. *grins*You know, screw all that. I am going to keep a ledger. Every time my daughter wants pizza or ice cream, it goes in the book. Mwahahahahahahaaaaaa
Heaven help her if she needs braces...anyone know a decent interest rate to calculate on this?
You know, I think the people should think why in the world are these laws are in place in the first place? Why are the children NOT taking care of their parents when they are old? Generally most people would usually follow "Do unto other as they do unto you" if a parent are good parents and raise their kids properly, most of the time, the kids will take care of the parents. In many other culture other than U.S. people do this. The Hispanic, Asians, African, European and other nation, seem to do this. Now if a parent is being a good parent and do all the things they need to do and fell into hard time, the kids should come and take up the slack on their own without having force to do it via laws. Of course when parents keep good communication with their children, these things will happen (IMO)This stuff just makes me <facepalm>. Like anyone has a choice that they were born, or to who, and what the circumstances are. As a parent myself, I guess I am missing the whole concept of not loving your kids, or feeling like they owe me something for being born, and raised and educated. It's a part of life, things we pass on from generation to generation.
You know, screw all that. I am going to keep a ledger. Every time my daughter wants pizza or ice cream, it goes in the book. Mwahahahahahahaaaaaa
Heaven help her if she needs braces...anyone know a decent interest rate to calculate on this?
You know, I think the people should think why in the world are these laws are in place in the first place? Why are the children NOT taking care of their parents when they are old? Generally most people would usually follow "Do unto other as they do unto you" if a parent are good parents and raise their kids properly, most of the time, the kids will take care of the parents. In many other culture other than U.S. people do this. The Hispanic, Asians, African, European and other nation, seem to do this. Now if a parent is being a good parent and do all the things they need to do and fell into hard time, the kids should come and take up the slack on their own without having force to do it via laws. Of course when parents keep good communication with their children, these things will happen (IMO)This stuff just makes me <facepalm>. Like anyone has a choice that they were born, or to who, and what the circumstances are. As a parent myself, I guess I am missing the whole concept of not loving your kids, or feeling like they owe me something for being born, and raised and educated. It's a part of life, things we pass on from generation to generation.
You know, screw all that. I am going to keep a ledger. Every time my daughter wants pizza or ice cream, it goes in the book. Mwahahahahahahaaaaaa
Heaven help her if she needs braces...anyone know a decent interest rate to calculate on this?
Not every good tradition or moral action needs to have the force of law behind it. In years gone by when support from their children was the only safety net for an impoverished parent to fall back on, this may have been appropriate. In this day and age of the welfare state (for better or worse), I think these laws are no longer necessary. It doesn't mean that children shouldn't support their parents (if necessary), only that the Government shouldn't be making that decision.... Why are the children NOT taking care of their parents when they are old? Generally most people would usually follow "Do unto other as they do unto you" if a parent are good parents and raise their kids properly, most of the time, the kids will take care of the parents. In many other culture other than U.S. people do this. The Hispanic, Asians, African, European and other nation, seem to do this. Now if a parent is being a good parent and do all the things they need to do and fell into hard time, the kids should come and take up the slack on their own without having force to do it via laws. Of course when parents keep good communication with their children, these things will happen (IMO) ...