Schmidt v. Ward County Social Services Board

NEUMANN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Dennis M. Schmidt appeals from a judgment affirming Department of Human Services’ decisions denying his household medicaid and food stamp benefits because funds in a conservatorship established for his seven-year-old son, Bo, were available assets which exceeded the eligibility requirements for either program. We hold Schmidt failed to establish the conservatorship funds were not available assets for purposes of medicaid and food stamp eligibility, and we affirm.

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[¶ 2] Schmidt and Bo’s mother were divorced. When Bo’s mother died, Bo received about $25,000 as a…