Legal Opinion
In the Matter of the Estate of Arnold Melby, Iowa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 10, 2014No. 12–1593PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HECHT, Justice.
The Iowa Department of Human Services appeals from a district court ruling on the department’s claim in probate for recovery of Medicaid payments made for services provided to an elderly married couple. The recipients of the services were trustors of separate irrevocable trusts. The district court’s ruling concluded the trustors’ interests in the trusts were limited to their right to receive the net income from the trusts’ assets, and the department’s statutory right to recover the Medicaid payments could be enforced against such income, but not against the corpus of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Estate of BurnsWashington Supreme Court · 1997
- Iowa Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity v. State, University of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 2009
- In the Matter of the Estate of Mary Florence Whalen, Michael WhalenSupreme Court of Iowa · 2013
- Estate of DeMartino v. DIV. OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND HEALTH SERVICESNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2004
- Estate of Wood v. Arkansas Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by26 opinions
- Amended September 30, 2015 Iowa Insurance Institute, Iowa Defense Counsel Association, Iowa Self-insurers' Association, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, and Iowa Association of Business and Industry v. Core Group of the Iowa Association for Justice Christopher J. Godfrey, Workers' Compensation Commissioner, Division of...Supreme Court of Iowa · 2015
- State of Iowa v. Iowa District Court for Story CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 2014
- U.S. Bank National Ass'n v. LambSupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
- Den Hartog v. City of WaterlooSupreme Court of Iowa · 2014
- Susan E. Cox and Edward A. Cox v. Iowa Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Iowa · 2018
21 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.