Marian Pikula v. Department of Social Services.

Summary

The court held that the plaintiff's testamentary trust was a discretionary supplemental needs trust rather than a general support trust. Because the trustee had sole and absolute discretion over distributions and the trust was relatively modest in relation to the plaintiff's care needs, the trust corpus and income were not assets available to the plaintiff for Medicaid eligibility purposes. The court reversed and remanded with direction to sustain the plaintiff's administrative appeal.