3.3.07.2 For services

DHA Case No. FCP 203910 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals March 23, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF If payments to a relative for services exceed 10% of the maximum CSAS, the MEH requires a notarized agreement. In this case, the petitioner had an agreement to pay her daughters $500 per month, but it was […] Read more

DHA Case No. MDV 207202 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals February 23, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF A transfer for less than fair market value is a divestment, and payments to relatives often also need a notarized contract or lease. In this case, the petitioner’s son and POA used the proceeds from selling her […] Read more

DHA Case No. MDV 199858 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals December 4, 2020) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Divestment is a transfer of non-exempt resources for less than fair market value. This case involved two potential divestments when the petitioner’s house was sold to her daughter and daughter’s boyfriend: (1) the boyfriend was paid $40,534.37 […] Read more

DHA Case No. MGE 170367 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals March 2, 2016) (DHS)  ↓ Download PDF This decision discussed two issues at some length. First, whether payments to the petitioner’s daughter were divestments; and second, whether the petitioner’s former home, now rented at fair market value, was countable. On the first issue, the […] Read more