Med-Cal property claims

Dear Len & Rosie,

My wife and I and my recently deceased mother held title to a house in joint tenancy that all three of us bought together about seven years ago. My mother was on Medi-Cal for five years. Does Medi-Cal have a legal claim against this property? I was under the impression that joint tenancy property was immune from their claim but Medi-Cal's claim form seems to indicate otherwise.

Richard

 

Wills and Probate

Dear Len & Rosie,

My father-in-law is a shrewd businessman who owns hundreds of acres of land and is worth millions. He's also difficult to talk to and says he has a will, end of story. He says he doesn't care what the kids have to go through after he dies because he'll be dead! My husband has three other siblings, two who live on Dad's property.

My husband also has an unpaid child support arrearage from 20 years ago when he was in an accident and didn't know that he had to go to court to stop support payments while he was injured. When my father-in-law passes away, there will be a big mess.

Is there anything we can do? My husband's siblings want to sell it all after their father's death and pocket the money, but they seem blissfully unaware of taxes and probate

Rene