Legal Opinion
Cook v. Department of Social Services
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided November 25, 1997No. Docket 194655PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
Respondent, Department of Social Services, appeals by leave granted from a circuit court order reversing a Department of Social Services Bureau of Administrative Hearings determination that petitioner Anna Cook was ineligible to receive Medicaid benefits. We reverse.
Anna Cook is an incompetent adult who resides in a nursing home. On August 31, 1977, she and her now-deceased husband established an irrevocable trust requiring the trustee to pay all trust funds for the benefit of the grantors. Until early 1995, Anna Cook’s nursing home care was paid with income and principal from this trust.
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