Cook v. Glover

In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: July 11, 2014 S13G1127. COOK et al. v. GLOVER. THOMPSON, Chief Justice. We granted certiorari in Cook v. Bottesch,

320 Ga. App. 796

( 740 SE2d 752) (2013) to consider whether the Court of Appeals properly interpreted 42 U.S.C. § 1396p with respect to whether a Medicaid applicant’s purchase of an annuity was subject to an asset transfer penalty. In this case, the Georgia Department of Human Services, Family and Children Services (“DFCS”) granted appellee Jerry L. Glover’s application for Medicaid benefits but imposed a multi-month asset transfer penalty…