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answered on Dec 7, 2023
If you are on SSDI, the inheritance will not impact your eligibility. If you are on SSI or some other kind of needs-based program, then you should contact a special needs attorney for assistance with either spending down your inheritance rapidly in smart ways or funding a first party special needs... View More 
My idea for a nonprofit allows victims/survivors regarding an alleged sexual crime to enter information online into a database (database is not available for public access). If a second (or more) survivor submits an alleged sexual crime and the information matches that of of another alleged... View More
answered on Aug 3, 2018
There are going to be a number of ethical issues here for attorneys. For example, there are rules about referral services like this as well as how the attorneys would be paid. Because there are so many issues to discuss, I'd recommend finding an attorney to review this all in detail.
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