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imkaraboo Asked September 2019

Help! Need to sell car in my mom and granny's name!

My mom is on Medicaid and SSI and my dad takes care of her at home. She was my granny's POA until she got sick, and I am now my mom's guardian. However, my granny (her mother) is in a nursing home on Medicare, and has no POA.


There is a car in both my Mom's and my Granny's name (says "OR" instead of "and" on the title). Are my father and I able to sell this car? I know this is very complicated, and people keep telling me to see an attorney, but we have little to no money to spend. Any help is appreciated.

Midkid58 Sep 2019
I've sold several cars for people who have left the state for school, work whatever. We just went online and found a form that stated that I was the person selling the car in the stead of the owner--I think it said "For and in behalf of so and so" I was the "dealer' in essence. Both the owner and I signed thses forms and the actual bills of sale and the owner signed the actual title. To be totally on the safe side, I had these documents notarized (they probably didn't need to be, but...)

Never had a problem. Once you state that the vehicle is sold in an 'as is' condition, no warranty expected or offered" and the car is sold, all the problems were the new owners.

As far as Medicare issues--there I am clueless. I was sellling cars under the $5K level.

My SIL will be taking my MIL's car from now on and using it for the forseeable future to ferry MIL to all and sundry Drs appts. Probably MIL will just hand the keys and title to SIL w/o any documentation or fuss. Her car is probably worth around $20K, but since SIL is taking the lion's share of toting MIL around from now own, seems a cheap deal. Makes me wonder if they should do this legally, but I don't have a voice in MIL's care.

JoAnn29 Sep 2019
If you sell the car it would effect gma's and Mom's Medicaid. Gma can only have 2k in the bank. Mom has income limits too. You need to call Medicaid, I'd start with Moms caseworker if she was assigned one ans ask ur questions.

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Geaton777 Sep 2019
There are contributors on this site who are attorneys and can point you in the right direction. Please don't do anything until you get guidance due to the Medicaid issue with your mom, and your granny -- do you know if the county has guardianship over her? Does she have her full mental capabilities?

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