Could it be that Aunt Billie just gave to grandma? No she didn’t by what Uncle Kenneth says.
He said Because Terry did not have a will she got 1/2 and Grandma got 1/2.
That why I was puzzled.
with her childern, then in a apartment, then the home after her fall.
She payed on a small life insurance policy.
Enough pay for a funral cost Mom said.
Then this money from Uncle Terry’s.
Recovery…
Where they get reimbursed for the expenses they incurred after the person is deceased.
Your grandmother, and her guardians were notified of this when they applied for Medicaid benefits acceptance of benefits, entitles them to recover.
This was set up so that people who could remain in their homes and communities could benefit from that as opposed to selling all of their assets and being declared indigent and moved into a skilled nursing facility.
Sometimes the declaration or the selling of all tangible assets is too much to bear for the older individual and it hastens their departure.
While it might not seem fair, people had the same cry when grandma was still living and they couldn’t afford her care, why should she have to sell off everything before we can receive help? The work around, albeit late in your case, was to transfer all of her assets before conceivable incapacity to another family claim to what she has.
Oooh and they have claim, only after her final expenses have been paid.
If she lived in a house, the power bill gets paid, the gas bill, phone bill, mortgage etc.
Her funeral can be paid from her assets etc, then Estate Recovery comes in.) So Medicare gets thier money back since grandma ended up with money from Terry estate.
Other words the kin get left with the bill after all.) their relavance to Grandma.
— Aunt Shirley is Grandmas Daughter, Uncle Joe was her husband.
Aunt Shirley died 5 years ago with cancer.
Uncle Joe remarried, My Aunts and Uncles did not approve.
My Daddy did Aunt Aliene is a sweet lady and made Uncle Joe happy and she loved Uncle Joes and Aunt Shirley Childern the same as her own.
None of us cousins Shiley 4 and us 3 (My sister and I knew nothing of this till the day of the funreal for uncle joe.
We were givin pappers to sign giveing up our rights to inhertence none of us signed.
since all was a mystry.) Uncle Kennth got mad at us for not signing.
But when ask questions he gives runaround answers.
This be Tree:) Thanks for helping.

You said the magic words….
Grandma had nothing, medicaid gets nothing!  So like your doing, don’t sign a doggone thing.  Signing would indicate that grandma had something.
  No way grandma got half of anything without a will so what Uncle Terry supposedly left her, is legally Aunt Billie’s.
  Sharon H.
  I can be found in these forums ALL Day.  Why don’t you join? in their homes and communities could benefit from that as opposed to selling all of their assets and being declared indigent and moved into a skilled nursing facility.
Sometimes the declaration or the selling of all tangible assets is too much to bear for the older individual and it hastens their departure.
While it might not seem fair, people had the same cry when grandma was still living and they couldn’t afford her care, why should she have to sell off everything before we can receive help? The work around, albeit late in your case, was to transfer all of her assets before conceivable incapacity to another family Estate Recovery comes in.) So Medicare gets thier money back since grandma ended up with money from Terry estate.
Other words the kin get left with the bill after all.)

I’m lost on the details here.
The bottom line is if you’re worried about getting ‘what’s owed’ to you from the estate(s?) then you need a lawyer for yourself.
Find one that knows estate law and understands the medicare/medicade implications as well (should be any of them).
You indicated that there is an attorney involved already for the aunt or cousins.
If you are not benefiting or going after a piece of the estate, consult that attorney and if you trust what you are being told by that person, follow that advice.
However if you are involved in the estate, remember that that attorney is retained by another party.
Chuck

Hi I’m Tree and need some help.
This is the scoop.
My Uncle Terry passed a few months back..
He was married to Billie.
When he died his asset or estate was divide in 1/2.
One half to Billie the other to my grandma.
My Grandma passed away near the end of Oct.
Uncle Terry did not have a will, nor did he have any childern.
How did Grandma get 1/2 of the estate if thier was no will.
Wouldn’t Billie got it all? Now Grandma gone and the medicare asking to be paid $200,000 for taking care of her in a home.
Or this is what he saying.
He sent me and my cousin papers to get out brothers and sisters to sign giving up our rights to inhertence.
Saying that after medcade takes thier share thier be nothing.
(What makes it so bad he calls about this paper and drop them off at our store for me to pick up and give to my cousins on the day of funrial of thier father.
My Uncle Joe who died Fri.
After Thanks giving.
Uncle Joe was married to my Aunt Shirley who passed away with cancer 5 years ago.
My dad had 6 brothers and sisters.
The other 4 are still living.
But us cousin would be inhertant our father and Aunt shirley part..
Because none of us would not sign the papers estate going to be handle by a lawyer now.
My mom talk to uncle Kenneth he gave a run around on her ?”s Cousin Eric said he talked to our anut who said the paper needed tobe signed so they could sale the house (Terry’s) So Billie could have the money.
So can anyone make sence of this and give me a reply? This be Tree?