3.3.25 Life estates

MDV 13/84361 (05/21/2007)
Purchase of life estate in daughter’s home was for FMV

Tags: 3 Financial Eligibility, 3.3 Divestment, 3.3.03 Transfers for FMV, 3.3.25 Life estates, 3.3.25.5 Purchase of life estate in another’s home, 4 Program Administration, 4.7 Notices & fair hearings, ALJ Kenneth D. Duren

DHA Case No. MDV 13/84361 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals May 21, 2007) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF The purchase of a life estate in another person’s home is a divestment if the payment exceeds the value of the life estate. In this case, the petitioner was an elderly woman who moved into her daughter’s home. […] Read more

MDV 211510 (04/05/2024)
Termination of life estate at first death of spouses was not a divestment

Tags: 3 Financial Eligibility, 3.3 Divestment, 3.3.25 Life estates, 3.3.25.1 Life estate—transfer of property for less than FMV, 3.3.25.3 Life estate—termination and payment of less than FMV, ALJ John P. Tedesco

DHA Case No. MDV 211510 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals April 5, 2024) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF DHA Case No. MGE 211214 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals April 5, 2024) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Generally, the transfer of a life estate without receiving fair market value in return is a divestment. In this […] Read more

MDV 209376 (10/27/2023)
Agency conceded multiple errors, ALJ remands for it to finish its determinations

Tags: 1 Applications and Renewals, 1.1 Applications, 1.1.5 Begin dates, 3 Financial Eligibility, 3.2 Assets, 3.2.8 Business property, 3.3 Divestment, 3.3.04 Transfers of exempt income or assets, 3.3.12 Homestead property, 3.3.25 Life estates, ALJ Peter McCombs

DHA Case No. MDV 209376 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals October 27, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Institutional MA eligibility can be backdated up to three months prior to the the month of application. In this case, the petitioner requested an asset assessment in January 2023 but didn’t apply until May. ALJ Peter McCombs […] Read more

FCP 177944 (12/13/2016)
Closing costs deducted from divestment amount

Tags: 3 Financial Eligibility, 3.3 Divestment, 3.3.03 Transfers for FMV, 3.3.25 Life estates, 3.3.25.3 Life estate—termination and payment of less than FMV, 5 Subprograms, 5.05 Home and Community-Based Waivers Long-Term Care, 5.05.1 Family Care, ALJ Michael D. O’Brien

DHA Case No. FCP 177944 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals December 13, 2016) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF It is a divestment when a life estate is terminated and the life estate holder is not paid her proportional share. In this case, the petitioner’s life estate was divested when she sold her home and her […] Read more

MDV 183502 (12/06/2017)
No divestment for paying realtor fee

Tags: 3 Financial Eligibility, 3.3 Divestment, 3.3.03 Transfers for FMV, 3.3.25 Life estates, 3.3.25.1 Life estate—transfer of property for less than FMV, 5 Subprograms, 5.04 Institutional Long-Term Care, ALJ John P. Tedesco

DHA Case No. MDV 183502 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals December 6, 2017) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Adivestment occurs upon the transfer of a non-exempt resource for less than fair market value. In this simple case, the petitioner sold the home in which she had a life estate and paid a prorated portion of […] Read more

MDV 199054 (08/25/2020)
No divestment: home sold for less than assessed value, petitioner paid closing costs

Tags: 3 Financial Eligibility, 3.3 Divestment, 3.3.03 Transfers for FMV, 3.3.25 Life estates, 3.3.25.1 Life estate—transfer of property for less than FMV, ALJ Debra Bursinger

DHA Case No. MDV 199054 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals August 25, 2020) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF A divestment occurs upon the transfer of a non-exempt resource for less than fair market value. In this case, the petitioner sold the home in which she had a life estate for $3,200 less than the tax […] Read more

MDV 45/86382 (11/19/2007)
No divestment for transfer of home (caretaker child) and rented commercial property (business exemption)

Tags: 3 Financial Eligibility, 3.1 Income, 3.1.5 Unearned income, 3.1.5.23 Rental income, 3.2 Assets, 3.2.8 Business property, 3.3 Divestment, 3.3.04 Transfers of exempt income or assets, 3.3.12 Homestead property, 3.3.12.4 Transfer of homestead to caretaker child, 3.3.25 Life estates, 3.3.25.1 Life estate—transfer of property for less than FMV, 5 Subprograms, 5.04 Institutional Long-Term Care, ALJ Kelly Cochrane

DHA Case No. MDV-45/86382 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals November 19, 2007) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Issue 1: Caretaker child The caretaker child exception allows an institutionalized person to transfer homestead property to a child who lived with the person and provided care for at least two years. In this case, the petitioner co-owned […] Read more

MDV 36/46674 (11/21/2000)
Divestment caused by automatic transfer provision in deed

Tags: 3 Financial Eligibility, 3.3 Divestment, 3.3.02 Look back period, 3.3.25 Life estates, 3.3.25.3 Life estate—termination and payment of less than FMV, 5 Subprograms, 5.04 Institutional Long-Term Care, ALJ Brian C. Schneider

DHA Case No. MDV-36/46674 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals Nov. 21, 2000) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF When a person, or another acting on the person’s behalf, acts to transfer property such as a life estate without receiving fair market value in return, it is a divestment. But what if the transfer happens automatically, because of […] Read more

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