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Scenario: One spouse is likely to need long term care and be on Medicaid in the future. The well spouse wants to disinherit the spouse likely to need care in favor of their adult children so that if well spouse should be the first to die the assets won't pass
to the spouse on Medicaid and have to be spent down. If well spouse does dies first, could DSHS require that the spouse on Medicaid petition for a support award from the estate? </div>
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Jon M. Fritzler</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Attorney at Law</span></div>
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Please note that I'm moving in mid-April to: </div>
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11015 NE Fourth Plain, Suite D</div>
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