Legal Question in Administrative Law in Illinois

i have a sister in a nursing home and she is going to get a large inheritence. is there any way we can stop the nursing home from taking the money?


Asked on 5/12/13, 5:34 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

TIME TO SEE A LAWYER! According to the law if a person on public assistance or seeking to qualify for public assistance is supposed to received an inheritance that could disqualify the person from public assistance, then even if the gift is disclaimed or renounced that might not work, so about the only way around this would be for the testator to make a codicil that eliminates the gift and, if the testator already has passed, it may be too late to do anything.

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Answered on 5/20/13, 10:40 am


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