This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News and other Hearst Newspapers on September 25, 2018. In order to qualify for nursing home Medicaid, any Texas resident must be 1) 65 or older, or blind or disabled, 2) demonstrate medical necessity, 3) have proper citizenship or immigration status, 4) have income below Medicaid’s cut-off, and 5) have countable assets below Medicaid’s cut-off. You say you own mineral rights, but do not have any surface rights to the same

Do Basic Statutory Forms Address Broad Legal Needs?

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on May 4, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: If a Marital Property Agreement exists and finances have not been co-mingled, can the assets of one spouse be considered when the other spouse needs to apply for Medicaid assistance or is there a way to keep them from being considered or sheltered? – SS In this context, we are talking about using Medicaid to pay the costs of nursing home care for a qualified senior. In order to qualif