In Re the Estate of Shipman

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] After Arline Shipman moved into a nursing home in 2008, her husband, Eugene, “spent down” some of their joint funds to pay for Arline’s care and to qualify her for Medicaid long-term-care assistance. In 2009, Eugene executed a will, which disinherited Arline. The will indicated that Eugene had disinherited Arline because he “ha[d] given her sufficient consideration during [his] lifetime.” On the same day that the will was executed, Arline’s attorney-in-fact (her son, David) disclaimed any inheritance Arline may have been entitled to receive from Eugene’s estate “due to…