Posted On: January 25, 2008, 12:25 pm CST

Posted By: Active Parent

My son at 19 is considered an "adult child" and I don't expect him to move out, buy a car, rent an apartment, pay his bills, or drop out of college because I wasn't there to help guide and support him into true "adulthood" - And yes, I have life insurance, a home and I consider myself "financially healthy" but not wealthy by any means.

If my death were truly the direct result of medical malpractice - then there should be recourse Now if my kid thumbed his nose at me, treated me like dirt and moved out when he was 18 - and I hadn't spoken to him in years...and he had not been receiving financial or supportive assistance from me in the past, that's a different story, or as in the example provided - I'm 100 years old and my son is 70 - I don't see where the logic is - we are all going to die sometime and at 100, I would expect it wasn't too long in coming.

I'm sure there is much more to this than the IJ is able to include in their report - Let's be reasonable in our responses...