Re: too bad we cannot divorce them

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I've asked about that " legal obligation " too, and as far as I know,

there's no legal obligation (where I live) unless you AGREE to one - like

co-signing on contracts or loans. I am very careful to sign NOTHING that would

obligate me to pay off Nada's bills, because I know without a doubt that she

would dump her bills in my lap without a second thought. Even if I have to take

her to the hospital, or go pick her up, I sign NOTHING unless it's clear that

I'm not taking on responsibility for her medical bills. And when the doctors or

psych hospitals call because I'm the next of kin, I make it clear to them that

my mom and I cannot have a close relationship due to her mental illness, and

that she has already run through thousands of dollars of my savings, so I cannot

contribute any more to her.

So while there doesn't seem to be a legal procedure to disengage from these

crazy parents (we're too old to file for emancipation!), I think that as long as

we stick to our guns we should be in the clear - the only tool the " outside

world " can wield is guilt - and we're already experts at dealing with that!

Has anybody found any actual laws that obligate children to take on the debts of

their parents? Please advise what state or country has the law, so we can do a

little digging and find out what the " defenses " are to such nutty legislation.