In all actions for the transfer of income or resources from an institutionalized spouse for the support of the community spouse, the court shall apply the standards utilized to determine medicaid eligibility in this state, regardless of any state laws relating to community property or the division of marital property.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-121
Transfer of income or resources
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Valliere v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs. (2018)
Most recently applied in Valliere v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs. (February 2018)
Acts 2002, ch. 880, § 16.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.