ESTATE OF BERTO v. STATE

No. 33591-7-III.

379 P.3d 146 (2016)

195 Wash.App. 128

In the Matter of the Estate of Margaret L. BERTO, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVICES, Washington Healthcare Authority, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

FILED July 19, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew M. Luedke , Attorney at Law, 1220 N Mullan Rd., Spokane Valley, WA, 99206-4053, for Appellant.

Catherine Kardong , Attorney General of Washington, Nissa Ann Iversen , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 40124, 7141 Cleanwater Ln. SW, Olympia, WA, 98504-0124, for Respondent.


¶ 1 This appeal arose from the denial of Ms. Margaret Berto's application for Medicaid benefits. Her estate argues in this appeal that the contents of a testamentary trust established by her late husband should not have been considered available assets that disqualified her from Medicaid eligibility. We reject her argument and affirm...

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