Legal Opinion

Gonzalez v. City Nat'l Bank

California Court of Appeal, 5th District

Decided June 24, 2019No. B284521Published

1Opinion of the Court

STONE, J.*

*772*739Josue Gonzalez and Juanita Gonzalez Garcia (Plaintiffs) appeal from the probate court order denying their request, following the death of their daughter, that the remainder of their daughter's special needs trust be distributed to them rather than to the Department of Health Care Services (Department) as reimbursement for Medi-Cal payments for their *741daughter's medical care. The court properly found the Department was entitled to reimbursement for these Medi-Cal expenses. Therefore, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. Special Needs Trust

Brenda Gonzalez (Brenda or…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Christensen v. Harris CountySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services v. AhlbornSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. Van Arsdale v. HollingerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Olszewski v. Scripps HealthCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003

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