filial
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Filial responsibility laws are not designed to force estranged adult children to pay clean-up costs for hoarder houses.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2022
Filial responsibility laws don’t make children liable for their deceased parents’ debts.
From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022
Filial responsibility statutes are rarely enforced, although in 2012, a nursing home chain used Pennsylvania’s law to successfully sue a son for his mother’s $93,000 bill.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2022
Filial piety also dictates that she return home to her parents after her tours of duty are over.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2020
A very curious and somewhat grisly adaptation of "Filial Affection" is reproduced by Messrs. Bell, to illustrate the article upon Rowlandson in their new and valuable edition of Bryan's Dictionary.
From The Eighteenth Century in English Caricature by Brinton, Selwyn
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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