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Medicaid long-term care · Small estate limits · Will and trust rules · Estate and inheritance tax · Common law marriage · Property tax rates · Medicaid expansion · Inheritance tax · Social Security tax

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Medicaid long-term care

Home equity limit	$752,000
Look-back	60 months (5 years)

Small estate limits Checked on official source

Small estate limit	$50,000 personal estate (deaths on or after June 10, 2026; $30,000 before)
Wait after death	30 days
Real estate	No

Will and trust rules Single detailed source

Witnesses	2
Handwritten will	Not valid
Uniform Trust Code	No

Estate and inheritance tax

Estate tax	No state estate tax
Inheritance tax	No inheritance tax

Common law marriage

New ones allowed?	No
Status	Never allowed

Property tax rates

Effective rate	0.54%
On a $300,000 home	$1,620 a year

Medicaid expansion Single detailed source

Expanded?	Yes
Since	Jan. 1, 2014

Inheritance tax

Inheritance tax?	No
Sibling pays	No inheritance tax

Social Security tax

State taxes benefits?	No