Paybacks?

I had to laugh at this but there were a few things that bothered me such as,
"Determining what is "adequate support" requires weighing the needs of the
dependent with the adult child's ability to pay."
So apparantly it is possible to figure out what adequate support for someone
is and it should be based on the needs of the one and the others ability to
pay. Now why can't this be applied to cs?

~AZ~
(you need adobe acrobat to view the link)

http://www.lsc.state.oh.us/membersonly/agedparent.pdf

"It is a crime for an adult child to abandon or fail to support his or her
aged or infirm parent who is needy."