Legal Opinion
Ronney v. Department of Social Services
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided April 28, 1995No. Docket 158531PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
Respondent, Department of Social Services, appeals as of right the circuit court’s reversal of a hearing referee’s decision that respondent properly proposed closing petitioner’s, Mary Rose Ronney’s, medical assistance case because of excess assets.
Petitioner, who is over sixty-five years old and resides in a nursing home, is legally incapacitated. Petitioner’s niece, Sandra Sims, is her legal guardian. In 1989, petitioner inherited $50,000, which Sims placed in a trust established under a probate court order of March 7, 1990. Sims named herself as trustee. The legal affairs office of the dss…
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