This is something of a gray area. Any gift is a transfer of assets that must be reported on an application for Medicaid benefits and can cause a period of ineligibility. If the gifts you’re describing are small, they would cause only a few weeks of ineligibility. This...
Usually the purpose of an income-only trust in Medicaid planning is to protect the property in the trust either from having to be spent down to qualify for Medicaid in the first place or from the state’s estate recovery claim after the death of the Medicaid...
As the second round of stimulus checks go out, it is important to know that nursing home residents are not required to turn their checks over to their nursing home. And Medicaid recipients need to spend the cash within a year if it puts them over Medicaid’s resource...
A new administration usually means that tax code changes are coming. While it remains unclear exactly what tax changes President Biden’s administration will usher in, two possibilities are that he will propose lowering the estate tax exemption and eliminating the...
For the most part, the answer is “no.” The agent under a financial durable power of attorney has no obligation to disclose financial matters to anyone other than the person for whom he is acting. But the fact that your brother may be refusing to pay for...
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