Ala. Medicaid Agency v. Brooks

MOORE, Judge.

The Alabama Medicaid Agency ("Medicaid") appeals from a judgment, entered by the Marshall Circuit Court ("the circuit court"), dismissing its appeal from a judgment of the Marshall Probate Court ("the probate court") that denied its claim against the estate of Melissa Daniel Driver ("the estate"), who is deceased. We reverse the circuit court's judgment.

Procedural History

Health Management Systems, which works on behalf of Medicaid in its estate recovery efforts, filed in the probate court a claim, pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 43-2-354, against the estate in the amount of…