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...(A) The probate court of Franklin county may accept funds or other program assistance from, or charge fees for services described in division (B) of this section rendered to, individuals, corporations, agencies, or organizations, including, but not limited to, the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services of Franklin county or the Franklin county board of developmental disabilities. Any funds or fe...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the probate court has exclusive jurisdiction: (a) To take the proof of wills and to admit to record authenticated copies of wills executed, proved, and allowed in the courts of any other state, territory, or country. If the probate judge is unavoidably absent, any judge of the court of common pleas may take proof of wills and approve bonds to be given, but the record of t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Abandoned" means that a parent of a minor failed without justifiable cause to communicate with the minor, care for the minor, and provide for the minor's maintenance or support as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at least one year immediately prior to the date of the death of the minor. (2) "Minor" means a person who is less than eighteen years of age. (B) ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Advance health-care directive" means a durable power of attorney for health care or a record signed by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a health-care decision. (2) "Health care decision" means any decision regarding the health care of the prospective donor. (B) If a prospective donor has an advance health-care directive the terms of w...

...(A) Except as provided in this division, a civil action for wrongful death shall be brought in the name of the personal representative of the decedent for the exclusive benefit of the surviving spouse, the children, and the parents of the decedent, all of whom are rebuttably presumed to have suffered damages by reason of the wrongful death, and for the exclusive benefit of the other next of kin of the decedent. A par...

...(A) The attending physician of a patient who is an adult and who currently is and for at least the immediately preceding twelve months has been in a permanently unconscious state may withhold or withdraw nutrition and hydration in connection with the patient only if all of the following apply: (1) Written consent to the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in connection with the patient has been g...

...(A) The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including all of the following: (1) The duty of care; (2) The duty of loyalty; (3) The duty of confidentiality. (B) All of the following apply to a fiduciary's or designated recipient's authority with respect to a digital asset of a user: (1) Except as otherwise provided in section ...

...(A) A child may be taken into custody in any of the following ways: (1) Pursuant to an order of the court under this chapter or pursuant to an order of the court upon a motion filed pursuant to division (B) of section 2930.05 of the Revised Code; (2) Pursuant to the laws of arrest; (3) By a law enforcement officer or duly authorized officer of the court when any of the following conditions are present: (a) There ...

...(A) If a child is adjudicated an abused, neglected, or dependent child, the court may make any of the following orders of disposition: (1) Place the child in protective supervision; (2) Commit the child to the temporary custody of any of the following: (a) A public children services agency; (b) A private child placing agency; (c) Either parent; (d) A relative residing within or outside the state; ...

...(A) Each public children services agency and private child placing agency shall prepare and maintain a case plan for any child to whom the agency is providing services and to whom any of the following applies: (1) The agency filed a complaint pursuant to section 2151.27 of the Revised Code alleging that the child is an abused, neglected, or dependent child; (2) The agency has temporary or permanent custody of t...

...(A)(1)(a) After a complaint has been filed alleging that a child is a delinquent child for committing one or more acts that would be an offense if committed by an adult, if any of those acts would be aggravated murder, murder, attempted aggravated murder, or attempted murder if committed by an adult, the juvenile court at a hearing shall transfer the case if either of the following applies: (i) The child was sixtee...

...(A)(1) As used in this section, "victim" includes any of the following persons: (a) A person who was a victim of a violation identified in division (A)(2) of this section or an act that would be an offense of violence if committed by an adult; (b) A person against whom was directed any conduct that constitutes, or that is an element of, a violation identified in division (A)(2) of this section or an act that woul...

...(A)(1) The court that, on or after January 1, 2008, adjudicates a child a delinquent child for committing an act shall issue as part of the dispositional order an order that classifies the child a juvenile offender registrant, specifies that the child has a duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code, and additionally classifies the child a public registry-qualified ...

...(A)(1) Any county that has a population of two hundred thousand or more is eligible to formulate a community-based correctional proposal pursuant to this section that, upon implementation, would provide a community-based correctional facility and program for the use of that county's court of common pleas in accordance with sections 2301.51 to 2301.58 of the Revised Code. Any county that has a population of two hundre...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Chiropractic claim," "medical claim," and "optometric claim" have the same meanings as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (2) "Dental claim" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include any claim arising out of a dental operation or any derivative claim for relief that arises out of a dental operation. (3) "Governmental ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Medical emergency" has the same meaning as in section 2919.16 of the Revised Code. (2) "Medical necessity" means a medical condition of a pregnant woman that, in the reasonable judgment of the physician who is attending the woman, so complicates the pregnancy that it necessitates the immediate performance or inducement of an abortion. (3) "Probable gestational age of the zygote...

...(A) In every action demanding the judicial or execution sale of real estate, the county sheriff shall sell the real estate at a public auction, unless the judgment creditor files a motion with the court for an order authorizing a specified private selling officer to sell the real estate at a public auction. If the court authorizes a private selling officer to sell the real estate, the judgment creditor may seek to ha...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Court" means any court of record. (2) "Eligible party" means a party to an action or appeal involving the state, other than the following: (a) The state; (b) An individual whose net worth exceeded one million dollars at the time the action or appeal was filed; (c) A sole owner of an unincorporated business that had, or a partnership, corporation, association, or organization tha...

...(A) If a judge of the court of common pleas allegedly is interested in a proceeding pending before the court, allegedly is related to or has a bias or prejudice for or against a party to a proceeding pending before the court or a party's counsel, or allegedly otherwise is disqualified to preside in a proceeding pending before the court, any party to the proceeding or the party's counsel may file an affidavit of...

...(A)(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the reparations fund, which shall be used only for the following purposes: (a) The payment of awards of reparations that are granted by the attorney general; (b) The compensation of any personnel needed by the attorney general to administer sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code; (c) The compensation of witnesses as provided in division (J) of sec...

...(A)(1) In January of each odd-numbered year, the auditor of state, in accordance with this division and division (A)(2) of this section, shall adjust the actual dollar figure specified in division (E)(2)(b) of section 2743.48 of the Revised Code or the actual dollar amount determined pursuant to this section. The adjustment shall be based on the yearly average of the previous two years of the consumer price index for...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Emergency call" means a call to duty, including, but not limited to, communications from citizens, police dispatches, and personal observations by peace officers of inherently dangerous situations that demand an immediate response on the part of a peace officer. (B) "Employee" means an officer, agent, employee, or servant, whether or not compensated or full-time or part-time, who is au...

...(A) Regardless of whether a political subdivision, under section 2744.08 of the Revised Code, secures a policy or policies of liability insurance, establishes and maintains a self-insurance program, or enters into an agreement for the joint administration of a self-insurance program, the political subdivision may, pursuant to a written agreement and to the extent that it considers necessary, join with other political...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Business entity" means any form of corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, joint venture, business trust, or sole proprietorship that conducts business in this state. (2) "Business of private investigation" and "private investigator" have the same meanings as in section 4749.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Disabled adult" and "elderly person" have the same meanings as ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Developmental disabilities caretaker" means any developmental disabilities employee or any person who assumes the duty to provide for the care and protection of a person with a developmental disability on a voluntary basis, by contract, through receipt of payment for care and protection, as a result of a family relationship, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. "Develo...