Cornwell v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

Appellant seeks review of a final administrative order by which the Department- of Health and Rehabilitative Services terminated her Medicaid assistance and denied her application for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Food Stamp benefits. For the following reasons, we reverse.

It is not disputed that appellant, the single mother of a minor child, learned of the existence of funds that her grandparent had deposited in a Kentucky bank when appellant was a minor. The funds, which now total over $14,000, are in certificates of deposit (CDs) held in a discretionary revocable trust…