HATCHER v. DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERV.

No. 88-1878.

545 So.2d 400 (1989)

Christopher HATCHER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent R. Taylor, King Disability Law Center, Nova University for the Study of Law, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellant.

Scott D. Leemis, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Jacksonville, for appellee.

Kenneth L. Hosford, Tallahassee, for amicus curiae.


ERVIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final order rendered by the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) determining that a trust established for the benefit of appellant, a mentally incompetent person, by Guard, Inc. (Guard), appellant's legal guardian, was a "medicaid qualifying trust" (MQT) and terminating appellant's medicaid benefits. We agree that the trust is a MQT and, as such, was properly considered...

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