Lang v. Com., Dept. of Public Welfare
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
Appellant is trustee of a discretionary testamentary trust her father created for the benefit of all his children. She appeals by allowance Commonwealth Court’s order uphold*432ing DPW’s determination that the trust’s income and assets are an “available resource” of her mentally disabled brother which must be applied against his own statutory liability for care before public funds can be provided, 96 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 118, 506 A.2d 530.
In reaching this result both DPW and Commonwealth Court necessarily assumed, but did not analyze, the propriety of…
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- Farmers Trust Co. v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- In re the Estate of EscherNew York Surrogate's Court · 1978
- Clark v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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