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Can you put your home in a irrevocable trust?

Can you put your home in a irrevocable trust?

If you transfer the ownership of the house to an Irrevocable Trust, you can live in the house for the rest of your life, and as long as the house has been in the trust for more than 5 years, it’s not a spend down asset for Medicaid and Medicaid cannot place a lien against your house for the money that they pay out for …

What happens if you put your house in an irrevocable trust?

By letting go of ownership of a home and placing it into an irrevocable trust, a person may be able to obtain Medicaid support for long-term care if needed. While Medicaid cannot force anyone to sell their home, the cost of long-term care is a lienable debt. This means Medicaid will sell the debtor’s house after death to reclaim its costs.

What happens to my father’s house if I put it in trust?

If the house is in trust at the time of your father’s death, you and your brother will become the owners of the house and will get a step-up in basis. This will likely avoid significant capital gains taxes when you sell the house.

How much does a child get from an irrevocable trust?

In our case, assuming the parents paid $50,000 for their home and sold it for $300,000, the children, based on current Medicaid tables, would be allocated approximately 50% of the cost basis, and approximately 50% of the sale proceeds.

Can a parent or grandparent create an irrevocable trust?

That is not true. Very often, a parent or grandparent will create an Irrevocable Trust for the benefit of a child or grandchild. The parent or grandparent may want to make a gift but does not want the beneficiary to have unlimited access to the gifted funds.

By letting go of ownership of a home and placing it into an irrevocable trust, a person may be able to obtain Medicaid support for long-term care if needed. While Medicaid cannot force anyone to sell their home, the cost of long-term care is a lienable debt. This means Medicaid will sell the debtor’s house after death to reclaim its costs.

Can an irrevocable trust protect your assets from Medicaid?

An irrevocable trust can protect your assets against Medicaid estate recovery.   Assets in an irrevocable trust are not owned in your name, and therefore, are not part of the probated estate.

If the house is in trust at the time of your father’s death, you and your brother will become the owners of the house and will get a step-up in basis. This will likely avoid significant capital gains taxes when you sell the house.

In our case, assuming the parents paid $50,000 for their home and sold it for $300,000, the children, based on current Medicaid tables, would be allocated approximately 50% of the cost basis, and approximately 50% of the sale proceeds.