# Requirements for nursing home care in 1980s
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/requirements-for-nursing-home-care-in-1980s/49971
**Category:** Illinois Mineral Rights
**Created:** [August 18, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/requirements-for-nursing-home-care-in-1980s/49971 "2019-08-18T18:28:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@LILLIAN\_JUNE\_KLAWITTER](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/LILLIAN_JUNE_KLAWITTER)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/requirements-for-nursing-home-care-in-1980s/49971/1 "2019-08-18T18:28:15Z")
Our mother left us when I was two and we had virtually no contact. In her 60s she entered a nursing home as a ward of the state, having inherited oil and gas mineral rights from her father. We knew nothing about this until contacted by a landman after her passing. Her siblings handled her affairs. We have inherited these resources. My question is this: was the family required to surrender these assets when she entered the nursing home in about 1982 where she resided for 16 years? I am not sure the family was forthcoming with these assets. What is our responsibility today? These accounts have laid dormant for the most part. I wish to know our legal standing before I go to the work of activating these accounts.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Winblad)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/requirements-for-nursing-home-care-in-1980s/49971/2 "2019-08-19T23:13:09Z")
Contact an Elder Law attorney in Illinois. I imagine that the State’s claim might be barred by the Statute of Limitations. But as an attorney in Oklahoma, I won’t hazard to give any opinion here.
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### Author:  [@Kenny\_DuBose](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kenny_DuBose)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/requirements-for-nursing-home-care-in-1980s/49971/3 "2025-01-12T12:51:28Z")