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The Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) administers the hearings and appeals program for the Social Security Administration (SSA). The ODAR has ten regional offices, 141 hearing offices, a national hearing center, and five satellite offices. There...

Burial benefits from the Veterans Administration (VA) are payable only under certain conditions (see below from the excellent website maintained by the VA). You may be eligible for a VA burial allowance if: you paid for a veteran’s...

In a case pitting the family of a special needs high school student against the school district that had been ordered to pay the student’s hefty private school tuition, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, when schools do...

In a 2007 U.S. Bankruptcy case from the District of Minnesota, a bankruptcy trustee unsuccessfully attempted to avoid the transfer of a disabled woman’s inheritance into a special needs trust established for the disabled woman. The debtor in...

Elder conflicts typically involve disputes among adult siblings about issues surrounding an aging parent’s changing care needs and medical treatment; the independence issues that accompany the aging process, including housing and living arrangements; and issues regarding financial management...