Legal Opinion
Richland County Department of Social Services v. State Department of Health & Social Services
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided March 3, 1994No. 93-0911PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtSundby, J.
In this appeal we decide that the State's Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) correctly concluded that a testamentary trust was not an asset which made Eugene Peckham ineligible for medical assistance (MA). We therefore affirm the judgment entered February 17, 1993, affirming *63DHSS's order of April 30, 1992. However, we reject DHSS's argument that we should ignore what it characterizes as "dicta" in Richland County v. DHSS, 146 Wis. 2d 271, 274-75, 430 N.W.2d 374, 376 (Ct. App. 1988), and dismiss the Richland County Department of Social Services' (County Department) appeal for lack…
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