<prompt> Human: Four different attorneys have told us that the nursing home is well within its rights, theres nothing we can do about it, and itd be cheaper to just pay them off. Make sure you plan for this. You can read more about filial support laws in the links below. Basically, if you have a parent or adult child thats not paying and is incapable of paying his or her medicallong-term care bills, YOU can be held financially liable to pay them. It doesnt matter that they will completely wipe out your savings, your ability to send your children to college, and significantly increase your expected retirement age. Our assets are a combined savings of 550,000 and a house thats worth 200,000, so were capable of paying the bill and thats all the courts really care about. We actually would have been better off NOT being financially responsible and NOT trying to save for retirement, and the nursing home probably never would have bothered suing us since they would have had nothing to gain. My husband and I are about to lose 10 years of hard work due to our ignorance of the law. We had planned on retiring in our early 50s. Looks like its going to be 60s or 70s now.  <response>: That is terrible and Im truly sorry. I dont think anyone has the answers to a lot of the questions people are asking in this thread regarding potential exposure to filial responsibility. It all remains to be seen in the near future as more and more baby boomers retire or can no longer work.For this reason, I think its important to have a good understanding of your parents assets once they reach a certain age and plan as best you can. 