{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-114.517","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 114.517","heading":"Approval of attorneys filing affidavits for recipients of Medicaid or other public assistance.","body":"The Director of Human Services, or the director’s designated representative, or the Director of the Oregon Health Authority, or the director’s designated representative, may approve in writing attorneys who are eligible to file a simple estate affidavit if the decedent received public assistance as defined in ORS 411.010, received medical assistance as defined in ORS 414.025 or received care at an institution as defined in ORS 179.010, and it appears that the assistance or the cost of care may be recovered from the estate of the decedent. An attorney approved under this section does not represent the Director of Human Services or the Director of the Oregon Health Authority when the attorney files a simple estate affidavit.","path":["03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate","12. Probate Law","Chapter 114 — Administration of Estates Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors114.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"bf3840729c9bb57cf45f2ff9252ccc7efc6ecfcb785166238aab33b7f57e6a84","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-114.515","next":"us-or/ors-114.520"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}