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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">If the decedent died without a will, and a beneficiary is receiving some sort of means tested government benefits, such as SSI, you can create a Grantor Trust (what’s called a
D4A Trust because that the Ref. regulation), and DSHS must be named as a remainder beneficiary up to the amount of any Medicaid costs it has expended on the beneficiary. You would have to have a court-created SNT only if the Grantor (Beneficiary) is an incapacitated
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> wsbapt-owner@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-owner@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jayne Gilbert<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 16, 2015 1:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA RPPT Probate & Trust Discussion Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] SNT-Intestate Decedent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you have to get a Court Order to set up an SNT where the Decedent died w'/o a Will?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jayne Marsh Gilbert<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gilbert and Gilbert Lawyers, PS<o:p></o:p></p>
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