Question: I am power of attorney for my dad who recently passed away. I received a letter from our state Medicaid agency stating dad owes $94,000. I have been paying his house taxes and flood [...]

Question: I would like to set up a trust in my mothers name. I am her POA and health advocate. Mom was able to get Medicaid this past May and my promise was to keep her in her home and avoid a [...]

Question: My mother died at age 93. Her husband is in an assisted living facility. She had financial and medical powers of attorney. I am the successor agent on both. His Medicaid pays most of [...]

Question: My mom died without receiving any Medicaid to help pay for her nursing home. She paid everything from her own money. She was a widow for 25 years before she remarried at the age of 72. [...]

Question: Mom creates and funds a special needs trust for disabled child who’s under the age of 65. Mom plans to leave a 1/3 interest in the house to the trust. If child is over the age of [...]

Question: In January 2019, I suffered a prolonged illness that required multiple surgeries, hospitalization, and stays at a nursing home. I own and reside in my home in West Virginia, the state [...]

Question: The attorney I retained has already cost me $2,500 ($1,000 retainer fee + additional charges) for emails, mostly, and a 1/2 hour conference call). I am 76, live alone, have 2 sons, own [...]

Question: My mom died and her house became mine through a transfer on death deed, which she had executed to avoid probate. Well, after she passed, I received a letter stating there was a Medicaid [...]

Question: Are assets in a “third-party,” non-special needs trust, non-probate assets and therefore not subject to Medicaid estate recovery? If the answer is yes, would a self-settled [...]

Question: We lived with my mother-in-law in her house for two years prior to her being a Medicaid recipient for adult day care for Alzheimer’s patients.  She never went into a nursing home [...]