§ § 4601 – agency having support to aged appellate state 4606. any interest in the indigent indigent court, where the care, individual individual, plaintiff was maintenance but not the Nursing or assistance DEFENSE (for more than Home of the indigent children): 6 times One child was person may If a child was required to pay petition the abandoned by income $95,000. court the parent for at The person least 10 years owing before reaching money for the age of care can be majority) held in contempt of court and imprisoned for up to 6 months South ?? child with necessary state supreme Dakota the ability to food, court upheld pay clothing, laws in 1994, SDCL § § shelter, or even though 25-7-27 LIMITATION: medical son did not and Brothers and attendance reside in South 25-7-28 sisters, on a pro Dakota for rata share, based many years on their ability to pay Other countries: Italy (from Anna Maria De Giacomo, “A comparative analysis of Filial Responsibility: Italy and United States,” available at):
§ § 4601 – 4606. agency having any interest in the care, maintenance or assistance of the indigent person may petition the court support to the indigent individual DEFENSE (for children): If a child was abandoned by the parent for at least 10 years before reaching the age of majority) aged indigent individual, but not more than 6 times income The person owing money for care can be held in contempt of court and imprisoned for up to 6 months appellate state court, where plaintiff was the Nursing Home One child was required to pay $95,000. South Dakota SDCL § § 25-7-27 and 25-7-28 ?? child with the ability to pay LIMITATION: Brothers and sisters, on a pro rata share, based on their ability to pay necessary food, clothing, shelter, or medical attendance state supreme court upheld laws in 1994, even though son did not reside in South Dakota for many years Other countries: Italy (from Anna Maria De Giacomo, “A comparative analysis of Filial Responsibility: Italy and United States,” available at):