The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter on June 10, 2011 to advise States on options regarding spousal and domestic partner protections related to liens, transfer of assets, and estate recovery.  According to the letter, States have the flexibility to permit same sex couples the same protections of assets and finances for which heterosexual couples qualify when one partner receives Medicaid for long-term services and supports.

Read letter here.

Margaret L. Cross-Beliveau, Esq., LL.M.

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The attorneys at The Beliveau Law Group provides legal services for estate planning (wills and trusts), Medicaid (planning and applications), probate (estate and trust administration), business law (formation and operation), real estate (residential and commercial), taxation (federal and state), and civil litigation (in connection with these practice areas). The law firm has offices and attorneys in Naples, Florida; Boca Raton, Florida; Danvers, Massachusetts; Waltham, Massachusetts; Quincy, Massachusetts; Manchester, New Hampshire and Salem, New Hampshire.