Department of Public Welfare v. Anderson

The Department of Public Welfare (department) seeks to recover from the estate of Aini Anderson, under G. L. c. 118E, § 16, the cost of medical assistance provided her during the last five and one-half years of her life. For this purpose the department presented a claim to the executor of the estate and also commenced an ac tian at law now before the Superior Court. The executor declined to pay the claim. The Probate Court allowed the first and final account, which made no provision for such payment, over the objection of the department. The department claimed an appeal from that judgment and…