Case Name: In the Matter of Pelegrina Iannotti, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-05-29
Citations: 283 A.D.2d 645
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Pelegrina Iannotti, Petitioner, v Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 283
Pages: 645–645

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Pelegrina Iannotti, Petitioner, v Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health et al., Respondents.
[725 NYS2d 866]

Opinion:
—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, dated August 23, 1999, which, after a fair hearing, denied the petitioner's application for Medicaid Assistance on the ground that she had excess available resources in an inter vivos trust.
Adjudged that the determination is confirmed and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
There is substantial evidence in the record to support the determination that the petitioner has excess available resources in an inter vivos trust (see, 300 Gramatan Ave. Assocs. v State Div. of Human Rights, 45 NY2d 176). The determination that the appointed "trust protector" had been given discretionary power to distribute the trust's assets for purposes of medical assistance has a rational basis in the record. Krausman, J. P., S. Miller, McGinity and Schmidt, JJ., concur.