Bleick v. North Dakota Department of Human Services

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Shirley Bleick appealed from a district court order affirming a Department of Human Services’ decision denying her application for Medicaid benefits. We affirm, concluding a preponderance of the evidence supports the Department’s finding that the income stream from Shirley Bleick’s life estate exceeds asset limits for Medicaid eligibility.

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[¶ 2] In 1985, Shirley Bleick and her husband conveyed by warranty deed one quarter section of farmland to their son, Brian Bleick, and his wife. Aftér Shirley Bleick’s husband died in 1988, she conveyed the rest of the…