Certain property is not subject to DPW’s claim. Such property includes, but is not limited to:
Property held by the decedent and another individual at the time of death as joint tenants with rights of survivorship.
Proceeds of life insurance on the decedent which is directly payable to a living beneficiary.
Assets placed in trust (including irrevocable burial reserves) prior to the decedent’s death, if those assets are not payable to the estate.
A trust which meets the requirements of 55 Pa. Code, § 178.7 (F).
Certain income, resources, and property, including Government reparation payments, of Native American Indians and Alaska natives are exempt from DPW’s claim.
Issued May 1, 2012