In re Corn

| Appellant James S. Corn, age fifty-three, brings this appeal from an order of the Pulaski County Circuit Court denying Corn’s petition to establish a special-needs trust- pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §' 1396p(d)(4)(A). Corn is disabled because of a head injury from which he suffers short-term memory loss. Because of the severity of his injury, he receives Social Security Disability (SSD)' and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Corn’s eligibility- makes him automatically eligible for Medicaid. However, SSI has an . asset test which states that Corn would become ineligible if he were to have assets…