What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY
I posted this in another forum but I'm hoping that someone who knows elder law can help with this.
My father recently passed away and he had my brother as executor of his estate, trustee for his revocable trust, poa of my father and my mother and so on. When we called the life insurance company to claim the policy, they said the beneficiary was my mother who has been in a nursing home for 15 years under Medicaid. We know my father covered everything from establishing the will, the revocable trust and even all the funeral expenses for him and my mother and are puzzled as to what happened to the change of beneficiary ?? My brother knows my father completed a form. The policy is valued for $40k and the premiums were all paid up as of years ago. My brother also has his name as an ITF for my mother's bank account for funeral expenses established when my mother was hospitalized. We do not want Medicaid or the nursing home to have this money. What can we do ??
I posted this in another forum but I'm hoping that someone who knows elder law can help with this.
My father recently passed away and he had my brother as executor of his estate, trustee for his revocable trust, poa of my father and my mother and so on. When we called the life insurance company to claim the policy, they said the beneficiary was my mother who has been in a nursing home for 15 years under Medicaid. We know my father covered everything from establishing the will, the revocable trust and even all the funeral expenses for him and my mother and are puzzled as to what happened to the change of beneficiary ?? My brother knows my father completed a form. The policy is valued for $40k and the premiums were all paid up as of years ago. My brother also has his name as an ITF for my mother's bank account for funeral expenses established when my mother was hospitalized. We do not want Medicaid or the nursing home to have this money. What can we do ??