DHA Case No. MDV 201093 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals March 8, 2021) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Using an inheritance to buy personal property for fair market value is not a divestment, but the purchases must be verified. In this case, the petitioner inherited $9,633 and claimed to have spent it on a desk, […] Read more
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DHA Case No. MDV-37/88496 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals May 16, 2008) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Promissory notes are commonly used to reduce countable resources for Medicaid eligibility. The rules require the note to have a repayment term within the applicant’s life expectancy, require equal payments with no balloon payment, prohibit cancellation of the […] Read more
DHA Case No. MDV 195771 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals January 9, 2020) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF In this case, the petitioner’s son bought her multi-family residential property, which had also been her home. A bank evaluation estimated the property’s fair market value at $225,000, and the tax assessment bill estimated it at $236,500. The […] Read more