| Article | Filial Support Laws in the United States and Ukraine: A Modern Comparison of Laws Requiring Adult Children to Support Indigent Parents |
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| Authors | Pearson K. C. |
| Name of magazine | Scientific-practical professional journal «Law of the USA» (Ukrainian language) |
| Issue | 1-2 / 2012 |
| Pages | 253 - 276 |
| Annotation | Both Ukraine and the United States have statutes imposing a duty on adult children to provide financial support for their parents if the parents are indigent or otherwise in financial need. In the United States, as demonstrated in this article, these filial support laws are rarely used in modern times except in extreme circumstances where family members have misused family assets that could otherwise be used for the parents’ care. In contrast, Ukrainian courts will order support payments be made by adult children to a needy parent, either in the form of lump sum monthly payments or percentages of the child’s monthly income. This article demonstrates that despite differences in modern enforcement policies, the benefits of filial support laws in both countries may often be more theoretical than practical, with voluntary filial support continuing to be the most important alternative to public support for indigent elders in the U.S. and Ukraine. |
| Keywords | filial family support poor indigent parents, children. |
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