DHA Case No. MGE 174654 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals July 27, 2016) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF In this case, the county required a full five years of financial documentation because “there were a few discrepancies” in the initial documents provided. The applicant complied with more than 600 pages of documentation, plus authorizations for the […] Read more
Benjamin S. Wright
DHA Case No. MRA 167179 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals Dec. 11, 2015) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF This decision contains the classic “name on the check” rule. If income is paid only to the name of the community spouse, it is not countable as income to the institutionalized spouse—even if the income is from an […] Read more
DHA Case No. MDV 155403 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals Apr. 30, 2014) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF This decision finds that the exception to divestment for transferring the residence to a caretaker child does not apply when the applicant resides in an assisted living facility for even a short period of time before being approved for Family […] Read more