Estate of Pladson v. Traill County Social Services

AFFIRMED. [¶1] The Department of Human Services appealed from a district court judgment reversing the Department's decision that Deloris Pladson was not eligible for Medicaid benefits because her countable assets, including a nonassignable annuity, exceeded the $3,000 eligibility limit, and from an order denying the Department's motion to alter or amend the court's judgment. We conclude the Department's finding that Pladson's estate failed to make a good-faith effort to sell the contractual right to receive money payments from the nonassignable annuity is not supported by a preponderance of the evidence. We affirm the district court's judgment and order.