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<p>The US Social Security Act doesn’t mandate adult children provide direct financial support for elderly parents or moreso, mandatory periodic visits as mandated in those “filial piety” type laws or risk serious civil and criminal sanctions. </p>
<p>If anything, the US Social Security act offloads a portion of that responsibility off adult children and families to the US government and to some extent, the elderly parent through paying social security taxes during their working years.</p>