Griffith v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Mildred G. Bonaccorso, guardian of the estate of her mother, Mabel H. Griffith, an incompetent, has *615appealed an order of the Department of Public Welfare sustaining the Bedford County Assistance Board’s denial of her application for a grant of medical assistance for the nursing home care of her ward.

Mrs. Bonaccorso was appointed guardian of her mother’s estate by.the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County in April 1975. At that time the estate had assets worth $30,800, consisting of real estate valued at $10,439, $14,717 in savings accounts, $5500 in proceeds of an…