DHA Case No. MAP 211494 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals March 6, 2024) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF To be exempt homestead property, the property must serve as the individual’s primary place of residence. In this case, the petitioner owned real estate worth $25,000 and claimed he lived there in a tent, providing documents and […] Read more
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DHA Case No. MGE 210403 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals December 8, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF The assets in an irrevocable trust funded with the petitioner’s property are potentially available if there are any circumstances allowing payment from the trust to the petitioner. In this case, the petitioner established a Hedlund-type trust in 1996 […] Read more
DHA Case No. MGE 209206 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals November 8, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF DHA Case No. CWA 209207 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals November 8, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF The principal or income of an irrevocable trust funded with a Medicaid applicant’s resources is countable if there are […] Read more
DHA Case No. MGE 185074 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals March 14, 2018) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF In this straightforward decision, the petitioner owned home property in Michigan but was admitted to a Wisconsin nursing home. Her Medicaid application was denied because the agency “did not receive timely verification of any circumstance that would exempt […] Read more