KEIP v. DHFS

No. 99-0193.

232 Wis.2d 380 (1999)

2000 WI App 13

606 N.W.2d 543

Caryl J. KEIP, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Walter F. Keip (Deceased), Petitioner-Appellant, v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Respondent-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Sara Buscher of Madison.

On behalf of the respondent-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Bruce A. Olsen, assistant attorney general, and James E. Doyle, attorney general.

A nonparty brief was filed by James A. Jaeger, Madison and Margaret Hickey, Waukesha for Elder Law Section of The State Bar of Wisconsin.

A nonparty brief was filed by Mitchell M. Hagopian and Jessica Gilkison of Monona for Elder Law Center of the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups.

Before Vergeront, Roggensack and Deininger, JJ.


¶ 1. DEININGER, J.

Caryl Keip, individually and as special administrator of her late husband's estate, appeals an order which affirmed the decision of the Department of Health and Family Services to count her individual retirement account (IRA) as an asset in determining her husband's eligibility for medical assistance (MA). We conclude that the department erred in interpreting the federal "spousal impoverishment"...

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