DHA Case No. MDV 13/10761 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals Feb. 19, 1997) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF It is generally a divestment to transfer an asset while receiving less than its fair market value in cash, services, or other forms of payment. In this case, the petitioner’s spouse sold their non-homestead real estate for $20,590 […] Read more
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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. MRA 195793 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals January 6, 2020) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF In general, it is a divestment if the community spouse transfers assets to anyone other than the institutionalized spouse in the first 5 years of Medicaid eligibility. It can also be a divestment if the institutionalized spouse […] Read more
DHA Case No. MGE 117071 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals Jul. 26, 2011) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF This case is one example of a marital property agreement avoiding the potential divestment when a community spouse (1) dies, (2) leaves property to someone other than the institutionalized spouse, and (3) the institutionalized spouse fails to […] Read more