Skindzier v. Commissioner of Social Services

Opinion

SULLIVAN, C. J.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether the trial court properly concluded that the creation of a testamentary trust is not a disqualifying transfer of assets under governing medicaid law. The defendant, the commissioner of the department of social services (department), claims that the creation of such a trust is a disqualifying transfer of assets ren*644dering the plaintiff, Victoria Skindzier,1 ineligible for medicaid benefits. The plaintiff claims that the trial court properly concluded that testamentary trusts are exempt from the law governing transfers of assets.…