4002.3 Jointly Held Resources

The entire value of a jointly held resource is attributable to the public assistance applicant or recipient, unless the applicant or recipient can verify that the resource is not accessible to him/her. EXAMPLE: A car is registered under the names of a husband and wife. If the couple separate and one partner keeps the car, the car is not accessible to the other partner. This does not apply to bank or other financial accounts in which two names appear on the account, but one is held in trust for another.