Tag: 3.3.15 Trusts

DHA Case No. MDV 23/81821 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals Apr. 19, 2007) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Fair market value is an estimate of the amount an asset will sell for in an arms-length transaction on the open market. In this case, the petitioner established an irrevocable trust and funded it with stocks, life insurance, […] Read more

DHA Case No. MDV 45/55210 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals, 2003) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF It is generally a divestment for a community spouse to transfer assets for less than fair market value to anyone other than the institutionalized spouse. In this case, the community spouse’s interest in marital property was transferred by his revocable […] Read more

DHA Case No. MDV 13/106538 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals Jan. 4, 2010) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF A transfer to an irrevocable trust is generally a divestment if the trust cannot make payments back to (or for the benefit of) the grantor under any circumstances, but a divestment can be cured if the full value […] Read more