3.3.25 Life estates

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 […] 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

Tag: 3.3.25 Life estates

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

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

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

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

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

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