In Oregon, after a Medicaid recipient dies, the Medicaid Estate Recovery Unit, also called the Estate Administration Unit seeks to recover amounts paid for care by Medicaid from the estate of the Medicaid recipient who has just died.
Dear Abby recently (April 17, 2017) contained a letter from a woman who was married, but no longer living with her husband, and who was instead living with a roommate, who her three year old son had looked upon as Daddy for the last nine months.
Probate is the process by which a Will is given effect, and the assets of a person who has died are distributed to his or her heirs and beneficiaries.
A probate will take a minimum of four months, and usually will take at least five months.
Often when a couple first splits up there is a tendency to try to placate the other party.
In another article printed on this website there is a discussion of some of the issues that accompany a change in child support, and an example of how much a small change in parenting time can change child support amounts, and total child support paid over the years.