Legal Opinion
In Re Keri
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided August 5, 2004PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Poritz
This case presents the question whether self-sufficient adult children who serve as their incompetent parents’ legal guardians may transfer to themselves all or part of their parents’ assets in order to hasten their parents’ eligibility for Medicaid benefits. We hold that when certain criteria are satisfied, they may, in order to effectuate a decision their parents would have made if competent.
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When this litigation commenced two years ago, Mildred Keri (Keri), now ninety years old, lived alone in her New Brunswick home. Since 1995, she had been dependent exclusively on the care of her two…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Matter of ConroySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1985
- Christiansen v. ChristiansenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
- Mtr. of Shah (Helen Hayes Hosp.)New York Court of Appeals · 2000
- In re John XX.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Strange v. PowersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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