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exboyfil

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2. Iowa has filial responsibility laws

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 10:19 AM

Jan 2018

I think it is time for those to be whipped out.

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.

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Iowa nursing homes feeling budget pinch [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 2018 OP

That $82,000 number is low.especially If you live on either coast. Zoonart Jan 2018 #1

Iowa has filial responsibility laws exboyfil Jan 2018 #2