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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 5

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5.5.6 BURIAL FUNDS AND PLOTS 5.5.6.A Burial Funds Money set aside to pay for funerals and related expenses may be counted as an asset. When set up as a trust, prepaid burials can be paid for by cash, insurance policies, or annuities. For treatment of burial funds by program, see Section 5.6. 5.5.6.B Burial Plots SNAP, WV WORKS, and AFDC-Related Medicaid: One burial space, regardless of the type, per AG member is excluded. SSI Medicaid Groups: Burial spaces that are intended for the use of the client, spouse, or any member of the immediate family, are excluded. The immediate family includes: • Parents, including adoptive parents; • Minor or adult children, including adoptive, and stepchildren; and • Siblings, including adoptive and stepsiblings. Immediate family also includes the spouse of the above relatives. If the relative’s relationship to the client is by marriage only, the marriage must be in effect in order for the burial space exclusion to continue to apply. Burial Spaces Example: An individual owns burial spaces, two of which are for his brother and sister-in-law. Two years after he purchases the spaces, his brother and sister-in-law divorce. The space originally intended for the sister-in- law is no longer excluded. SNAP WVW, AFDC-Related SSI Groups No* No* No* SNAP WVW, AFDC-Related SSI Groups See Section 5.6