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Two years ago I wrote about family or “filial” responsibility laws.  What does the law say about a child’s responsibility to pay for a parent’s care?  The population is continuing to age and the problem of long term care isn’t going away so what, if anything, has changed in the

Driving is always a sticky issue with aging parents and family members.  Mom or Dad’s refusal to acknowledge physical and mental limitations can put their lives at risk but if they get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle they can put others at risk.  A recent New Jersey wrongful

I was a big fan of Get Smart, the TV show from the 1960’s that aired in reruns through the 1980’s.  The main characters were two government secret agents.  Actor Don Adams played Agent 86 and his female partner, Agent 99, was played by Barbara Feldon.  (Steve Carell and Anne

This weekend I rented an excellent movie entitled "The Savages". Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney and Philip Bosco, it is the story of a brother and sister, estranged from their father, who receive a call when Dad's girlfriend, whom he has been living with for 20 years, dies. Dad has