If you go into a nursing home, like a lot of older folks do, state can go back as far as 10 years after your property. In Ga, pretty much everyone gets it to their kids as soon as they can to prepare for this in case it happens.
Medicaid Estate Recovery is federal law throughout the country. Two-thirds of people in nursing homes are funded by Medicaid. If you die and you’ve been a Medicaid recipient (especially of long-term health care), the state government (by federal law) goes after whatever they can get from the estate of the deceased.
