MATTER OF TRUST OF HEWITT

No. 22-0736.

989 N.W.2d 784 (2023)

In the MATTER OF the Medical Assistance Pooled Special Needs TRUST OF Scott HEWITT. Iowa Department of Human Services, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed April 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, Laura F. Kron (argued), Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin C. Chatman , Iowa Department of Human Services, for appellant.

Elizabeth R. Meyer (argued), Jana M. Weiler , and Elizabeth A. Etchells of Dentons Davis Brown PC, Des Moines, for the Center for Special Needs Trust Administration, appellee.

Oxley, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.


This case involves a dispute between the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS),1 which administers Iowa's Medicaid program, and the trustee of a pooled special needs trust held for the benefit of Scott Hewitt. Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Title XIX...

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