Williamson v. Department of Public Welfare

KELTON, Senior Judge.

In this troublesome case, the Department of Public Welfare denied Mae Williamson’s application for nursing home care assistance. The Department determined that Mrs. Williamson was disqualified from nursing home benefits because of transfers of real estate and savings accounts from her to her son, Richard Williamson, for less than adequate consideration. These transfers were made by the son, to himself, while purportedly acting as attorney-in-fact for his mother.

Mrs. Williamson petitions for review of the July 1, 1993 corrected final order of the Secretary of the…