Legal Opinion
Shaak v. Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 2, 1998PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
COLINS, President Judge.
Betty Shaak has filed a petition for review with this Court presenting the question whether the corpus of an irrevocable trust1 is an available resource to be considered when determining eligibility for medical assistance benefits as set forth in 55 Pa.Code § 178.4(c). The matter comes to the Court by way of an appeal from the final order on the merits entered by the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) on February 12, 1997. The final order on the merits affirmed the final administrative order entered by DPW, Office of Hearings and Appeals, denying…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Harris v. McRaeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Schweiker v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Zeoli v. Commissioner of Social ServicesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Lang v. Com., Dept. of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Miller v. IbarraDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1990
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Shaak v. Pennsylvania Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000