Conservator has limited spousal support?

[colum]

My father has entered a nursing home and the county has appointed him a guardian/conservator. Total household income is around 4000 dollars per month. All in all the nursing home was not paid because my mother was still paying the mortgage on the family home as as one knows nursing homes are expensive. What has happened now is the court appointed guardian/conservator for my father has taken all income other than 400 dollars per month citing that my mother is responsible for past unpaid bills to the nursing home. What I NEED to know is how is this possible, they are not divorced, yet. I thought there was some law in place to secure her at least a certain amount of funds to live on. At first they said she was entitled to half, but now the county financial worker has reworked the figures and now my mother is only getting a check for 400 dollars a month. She is disabled in a wheelchair with Multiple sclerosis, my father used to verbally and physically abuse her. What I am asking is what can I do and what laws are in place in Minnesota that can protect her financial freedom and benefits. There are many more details, however these are the basics. Please help!

[anglesey34]

The fact that you think your dad is a bad guy and your mom is a victim is irrelevant.

The problem is that this family does not have enough resources to meet needs. Usually, the CHILDREN cover unmet needs. It seems you are more interested in judging.

If only there were such a thing as retroactive abortion there might be a good answer.

I weep for your eternal soul

[unss94]

Medicaid has a formula they use to determine how much money the spouse is able to receive when in a nursing home. The fact that a court had to get involved tells me that nobody here is competent. I've been through enough of these things that, even with your incomplete, rambling story, it sounds like things are kind of going the way they're supposed to.

I'm not sure why you felt the need to share all that about the abuse. It has nothing to do with paying the nursing home at all. Did you think this was a group therapy session or something?