Your state's pack. New issue every Monday. Bookmark it. I built this for the Georgia T&E solo who knows Title 53 cold but still loses an afternoon a week tracking the moving DCH Medicaid pieces.
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Three developments I think actually matter to a Georgia T&E solo. Each has a read that lands on your practice specifically — and each comes with a reachable citation so you can verify it yourself before you use it with a client.
O.C.G.A. § 44-17-1 et seq. authorized TOD deeds for Georgia real property for the first time, effective July 1, 2024.
A new probate-avoidance tool for the Georgia solo. The trap: a TOD deed avoids probate but does not shield the home from estate recovery, and county handling of homestead renewals after a recorded TOD deed is still settling.
O.C.G.A. § 44-17-1 et seq. · law.justia.com/codes/georgia/title-44
DCH recovers Medicaid long-term-care costs from the estate of a deceased recipient under O.C.G.A. § 49-4-147.1 and Rule 111-3-8, following the Revised Probate Code; claims pursued where the estate exceeds the threshold and no spouse survives.
Because recovery runs against the probate estate, the funded revocable trust (and now, carefully, the TOD deed) keeps the home out of reach. The unfunded trust is the malpractice trap.
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-147.1; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-3-8 · rules.sos.ga.gov
Maximum CSRA is $162,660 (minimum $32,532); the special income standard is $2,982/mo. Georgia applies the federal $752,000 home-equity floor.
Two places this lands: community-spouse protection math and the income cap for institutional eligibility. Flag the 2028 OBBBA $1,000,000 home-equity cap now.
42 U.S.C. § 1396p · CMS 2026 Standards (medicaid.gov)
This week in Georgia for the T&E solo with Medicaid-planning clients: what the State Bar of Georgia, the county Probate Courts, and DCH bulletins put in front of you.
The State Bar CLE calendar, the Fiduciary Law Section, and the DCH policy updates all publish on different schedules. This is that sift, already done, with the link on each item.