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Director of the Office of Medicaid<\/em>, which were consolidated in an appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the SJC ruled in its May 30, 2017 decision that\u00a0Irrevocable Income-Only Trusts (IIOTs) can be a viable tool in long-term care planning.\u00a0 The <em>Nadeau<\/em> case involved an applicant who placed a home into an IIOT with a lifetime right to use and occupancy while the Daley IIOT held a remainder interest, the applicant retaining a life estate interest in the primary residence.\u00a0 The Court found that the homes were not countable assets because the right to use and occupancy, either under terms of the trust or through a life estate, is an income interest which does not affect MassHealth eligibility. 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