Legal Question in Elder Law in Florida

CIRCUMSTANCES: my sister-in-law lives in St. Petersberg, Fl. She will turn 65 on March 27th.

She suffers from many medical conditions and cannot care for herself. Her house mate does not have the ability to provide care for her.

She and her house mate (retired US Navy Vet.) are collectively living on a subsistence income.

In late 2016, she received just under $20,000 from a Trust set-up by her deceased grandfather.

The local Social Services office has cut-off her health care services support.

.QUESTION#1: Does she have any options to get her health care services support reinstated?

QUESTION #2: Are there any City, County, State, Federal agencies that she should be contacting?

Thank you for your consideration

George Elmer- [email protected] (336) 384-4934

P.S. I'm 76, my wife (her sister) and I are in Bankruptcy and have no means of contributing to a solution to this situation.


Asked on 2/14/17, 2:05 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Jason Neufeld Neufeld, Kleinberg & Pinkiert, PA, a personal-injury and elder law firm

Medicaid is a means tested program. If a Medicaid recipient has more than $2000 in assets (such as from a recent inheritance) she will be kicked out of the program. Fortunately, she has options, but needs to consult with an elder law attorney to get a full picture of her situation and determine the best way to proceed.

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Answered on 2/14/17, 2:54 pm
Lucreita Becude Lucreita D. Becude, P.A.

I don't know of any attorneys for elder law in your area, I suggest you contact the Florida Bar and obtain one who specifically does Elder Law. If you can not find one, the one I refer to here in Duval County is

E. Clayton Harland II, Esquire

HARLAND LAW FIRM, P.A.

1710 Mossy Cypress Lane

Jacksonville, FL 32223

(904) 728-8834

(904) 212-2000 (fax)

[email protected]

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Answered on 2/15/17, 6:43 am


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