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She will need to use that money for the costs in the assisted living unit because she will not qualify for the WINZ subsidy. WINZ will not be concerned whether she is a beneficiary or not because they commonly require people to break trusts to make payment
Chris The Lawyer, Expert
I am a New Zealand lawyer in active practice in Wellington, and I can tell you from experience that notwithstanding the existence of the trust, that WINZ still break the trust to require payment. If your lawyer says otherwise fine, but I do not agree