In re Shah
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bracken, J. P.
The Supreme Court held that Mental Hygiene Law article 81 authorizes a guardian, appointed on behalf of an allegedly incapacitated person (hereinafter AIP), to transfer the AlP’s assets to that person’s spouse for the essential purpose of allowing the spouse to then refuse to use those assets for the payment of the costs associated with the AlP’s long term care. The petitioner, who seeks appointment as guardian, assumes that under New York law such a refusal would not disqualify the AIP from eligibility for Medicaid. We agree that such a disposition of the…
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