IN RE GORNEY ESTATE

Docket Nos. 323090, 323185, 323304, and 326642.

886 N.W.2d 894 (2016)

314 Mich.App. 281

In re GORNEY Estate. In re French Estate. In re Ketchum Estate. In re Rasmer Estate.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 4, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Matthew Schneider , Chief Legal Counsel, Brian K. McLaughlin , Geraldine A. Brown , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Department of Health and Human Services.

Cubitt & Cubitt, Bad Axe (by E. Duane Cubitt ) for the Estate of Irene Gorney.

Kreis, Enderle, Hudgins & Borsos, PC, Battle Creek (by James D. Lance ), for Daniel French, personal representative of the Estate of William French.

Charlotte F. Shoup, PLC, Saint Johns (by Charlotte F. Shoup ), for the Estate of Wilma Ketchum.

Dill Law PLLC, Saginaw (by Colin M. Dill ) for Richard Rasmer, personal representative of the Estate of Olive Rasmer.

Before: JANSEN, P.J., and CAVANAGH and GLEICHER, JJ.


In these consolidated appeals, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) seeks recovery of Medicaid benefits paid on behalf of the decedents. Specifically, the DHHS submitted claims in the probate courts to collect the value of the decedents' homes upon their deaths. The estates responded that the DHHS had provided inadequate...

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