By skyforbes My father recently passed away, and my mother currently lives in SC. She is on medicaid and receiving survivor benefits of $1200 a month from medicare (she is over 70). They have a house worth maybe $250,000 but it needs a lot of repairs. It is my mom's primary residence. My dad did not have a will. We have just started the probate process. In SC, 50% of the house goes to my mother and 50% goes to the children (my sibling and myself). Other than the house, my mom has a car and about $3000 in savings.
My mom's end goal is to move to California to be with her sisters. What should we do with the house? If we sell the house, will that disqualify her from Medi-Cal? What if we don't sell the house?
Can she establish residence first in California and apply for Medi-Cal and then sell the house in SC at a later time?
I think I read that there is no look back period in CA. What do you think of her gifting her 50% of the house to me and my sibling?