slick4591
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Kathie in Thorp":3pj03we3 said:I gave my THOUGHTS; that's what I think -- I'm NOT an attorney and can't offer a legal opinion. I work in the field, but I don't have the license to practice.
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Kathie in Thorp":3pj03we3 said:I gave my THOUGHTS; that's what I think -- I'm NOT an attorney and can't offer a legal opinion. I work in the field, but I don't have the license to practice.
You're only practicing law IF you charge for what you do. But your answer was spot on. Noone has determined yet IF they little lady owes a penny to anyone. She may have a mattess full of cash. :cowboy:Kathie in Thorp":4t3ze5ny said:I gave my THOUGHTS; that's what I think -- I'm NOT an attorney and can't offer a legal opinion. I work in the field, but I don't have the license to practice.3waycross":4t3ze5ny said:so you don't stand by what you said..............and you are not in the "legal" profession?
bigbull338":33q3ow9h said:the bottomline is she shouldve deeded over to the heirs years ago an left her a life estate.then all of this would have been avoided.but most people do not want to deed their land over to family because they want to keep control of it an life estate does that.
Guess again Kathie I am only speaking from experience. Have seen it happen in my family and friends family. The state can take the property to satisfy any money spent for the care of the person through medicaid. The life estate suggested by Bull383 will not work either the state puts value on the life estate and gets theirs back with a lien against the property. Only way to get around it is to gift it to someone before you need to get sick and need care there is a time limit that applies and I do not know what it is. At one time here in Texas you could be rich one minute and a pauper the next by deeding everything to your heirs, the reason was to qualify for Medicaid so the rest of us could pay for the the healthcare up-keep.Kathie in Thorp":19ui6qq8 said:I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect that Hurleyjd's title suggests he/she has a juris doctor degree (HurleyJD) -- he/she is likely a lawyer. Or maybe it's Hurley John Doe . . . I'm just guessing . . .hurleyjd":19ui6qq8 said:Yes the state will take it to satisfy what they were out
well weve done what i speak of an the state never can in on it or done what your saying.but you do have to have it done 7yrs before you go into a nursing home.an it maybe longer than that now.if the family did not want to loose what they had then they should took care of their family member with out putting them into a nursing home or hospice care home.hurleyjd":2nd98x6a said:Guess again Kathie I am only speaking from experience. Have seen it happen in my family and friends family. The state can take the property to satisfy any money spent for the care of the person through medicaid. The life estate suggested by Bull383 will not work either the state puts value on the life estate and gets theirs back with a lien against the property. Only way to get around it is to gift it to someone before you need to get sick and need care there is a time limit that applies and I do not know what it is. At one time here in Texas you could be rich one minute and a pauper the next by deeding everything to your heirs, the reason was to qualify for Medicaid so the rest of us could pay for the the healthcare up-keep.Kathie in Thorp":2nd98x6a said:I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect that Hurleyjd's title suggests he/she has a juris doctor degree (HurleyJD) -- he/she is likely a lawyer. Or maybe it's Hurley John Doe . . . I'm just guessing . . .hurleyjd":2nd98x6a said:Yes the state will take it to satisfy what they were out