Miller v. Department of Mental Health

The Department of Mental Health appeals as of right from a ruling of the probate judge that the assets of a certain support trust of which petitioner was the beneficiary could not be considered by the department in determining petitioner’s liability for services provided by the department. We reverse.

Petitioner Carol Miller, age forty-five, has been a resident of the Caro Regional Mental Health Facility, a state mental health facility, for twenty-nine years, since 1958. In February, 1985, the department recalculated petitioner’s liability for payment for services provided by the department…