[WSBAPT] medicaid recovery

[Robert R. Cole]

Dad was in a nursing home, paid by medicaid, for a long time, so a 
substantial bill accrued.  Dad died in 2009.  He and Mom had the house 
in a 2003 RLT, with Mom the sole beneficiary if he died first.  I assume 
that DSHS wants recovery from his share, and would get that recovery  if 
the house was owned by Mom when she died.  If Mom sells to child while 
alive, would DSHS have a right to the proceeds?  Can Mom intervivos gift 
to her children the proceeds so they are not in her estate to avoid 
recovery?  Bonus question:  Children have been loaning funds, after 
Dad's death, to Mom for living expenses, with private reverse 
mortgages.  Would DSHS want those loans to first be applied to Mom's 
half of the house?

--Thanks for some assistance.

Very Truly Yours,

Robert R. Cole

Law Office of Cole & Gilday, P.C.

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