Parents have traditionally helped their adult children or their grandchildren in times of need. If an adult child faces foreclosure, for example, many parents with sufficient resources provide financial assistance to help their child avoid financial devastation. Others make significant gifts to assist grandchildren with their college education costs.
Unfortunately, the Medicaid rules in Maryland provided that any transfer of funds for which no return was received was assumed to be for the purpose of avoiding nursing home costs, assumed to be for the purpose of depleting one’s resources so Medicaid would pay for those nursing home costs.
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