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What is the name of your state? washington. can adult children be held responsible for the living conditions of their mother? mom is 82 and chooses to live on her own with 30 cats and dogs inside the house. house is filthy, floors and counter tops covered with animal feces. she says she does not care, she is happy. her roof leaks, furnace is broken and the floor is rotting away. we have tried to go in and clean for her so we can make repairs. she resents our intrusion into her "lifestyle".we have tried to talk her into reducing the number of animals. she wants no part of it and two of our siblings have threatened violence towards us if we try to get rid of any of her pets. we have also stated that we would turn this over to the police or the health department but the violent threats come at us for that too. if we turn her in now they said they would know it was us and would come after our families too. will the state charge us with neglect for allowing her to live in this filth when the house falls down around her and they have to step in to rescue her from herself?