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...As used in sections 5814.01 to 5814.10 of the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Benefit plan" means any plan of an employer for the benefit of any employee, any plan for the benefit of any partner, or any plan for the benefit of a proprietor, and includes, but is not limited to, any pension, retirement, death benefit, deferred compensation, employment agency, stock bonus, option, or profit-sh...

..._____________ (name of minor) under the Ohio Transfers to Minors Act ; " (2) If the subject of the gift or transfer is a security not in registered form, by delivering it to the donor or transferor, another person who is eighteen years of age or older, or a trust company, accompanied by a statement of a gift or transfer in the following form, in substance, signed by the donor or transferor and the person or trust c...

...(A) A gift or transfer made in a manner prescribed in sections 5814.01 to 5814.10 of the Revised Code, is irrevocable and conveys to the minor indefeasibly vested legal title to the security, money, life or endowment insurance policy, annuity contract, benefit plan, real estate, tangible or intangible personal property, or other property given or, subject to the right of the owner of the policy, contract, or benefit ...

... ____________ (name of minor) under the Ohio Transfers to Minors Act," or shall maintain each security that is custodial property and in registered form in an account with a broker or in a financial institution in the name of the custodian, followed, in substance, by the words: "as custodian for _____________ (name of minor) under the Ohio Transfers to Minors Act." A security held in account with a broker or in a fin...

...en the gift or transfer is made; (2) A statute of this state applicable to custodians; (3) The statute of this state applicable to guardians; (4) An order of the court. (D) Except as otherwise provided in sections 5814.01 to 5814.10 of the Revised Code, a custodian shall not be required to give a bond for the performance of the custodian's duties. (E) A custodian not compensated for the custodian's services is n...

...An issuer, transfer agent, financial institution, broker, life insurance company, or other person acting on the instructions of or otherwise dealing with any person purporting to act as a donor or transferor or dealing with any person or trust company purporting to act as a custodian is not required to do any of the following: (A) Determine either of the following: (1) Whether the person or trust company designated...

..._____________ (name of minor) under the Ohio Transfers to Minors Act;" (3) Executing in the appropriate manner a deed, assignment, or similar instrument for all interest in real estate that is custodial property in the name of the successor custodian, followed, in substance, by the words: "as custodian for _________________________________ (name of minor) under the Ohio Transfers to Minors Act;" (4) Delivering to...

...(A) The minor, if the minor has attained the age of fourteen years, or the legal representative of the minor, a member of the minor's family who is eighteen years of age or older, or a donor or transferor or the donor's or transferor's legal representative may petition the court for an accounting by the custodian or the custodian's legal representative. A successor custodian may petition the court for an accounting b...

...elivery of property to minor) under the Ohio Transfers to Minors Act," shall be substituted in substance for the words "as custodian for __________________ (name of minor) under the Ohio Transfers to Minors Act." (C) The time for delivery to the minor of custodial property transferred under a will, trust instrument, or irrevocable exercise of a testamentary power of appointment may be delayed under this section onl...

...(A) Sections 5814.01 to 5814.10 of the Revised Code shall be construed to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact similar provisions. (B) Sections 5814.01 to 5814.10 of the Revised Code shall not be construed as providing an exclusive method for making gifts or transfers to minors. (C) Nothing in sections 5814.01 to 5814.10 of the Revised Code shall affect gifts made unde...

...This chapter may be cited as the Ohio legacy trust act.

...erson are subject to supervision by the Ohio superintendent of financial institutions, the federal deposit insurance corporation, the comptroller of the currency, or the office of thrift supervision or a successor of any of them. (ii) That person is a "family trust company," as defined in section 1112.01 of the Revised Code, and that family trust company may be licensed or unlicensed for purposes of Chapter 1112. o...

...vernmental agency that is designated by statute, rule, or regulation to be the payee of that child or spousal support or alimony; (2) The division or distribution of property in favor of the transferor's spouse or former spouse. (D) A transferor's interest in property that is transferred pursuant to a qualified disposition and the transferor's beneficial interest in a legacy trust shall not be subject to any ...

...To the extent conferred by the governing legacy trust instrument, a transferor to a legacy trust may have any or all of the rights, powers, and interests described in section 5816.05 of the Revised Code. A transferor shall have no rights, powers, or interests in, over, to, or regarding the corpus or income of a legacy trust unless those rights, powers, or interests are granted, permitted, or recognized by both ...

...A legacy trust may allow or provide for any or all of the following rights, powers, interests, or provisions, none of which grants, or is considered to be, either alone or in any combination, a right or power to revoke a trust or to voluntarily or involuntarily transfer an interest in that trust: (A) A provision that, upon the happening of a defined event or a stated contingency, results in the termination of a tr...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a transferor shall sign a qualified affidavit before or substantially contemporaneously with making a qualified disposition. (B) A qualified affidavit shall be notarized and shall contain all of the following statements under oath: (1) The property being transferred to the trust was not derived from unlawful activities. (2) The transferor has full right, title,...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary but subject to division (G) of section 5816.10 of the Revised Code, no creditor may bring an action of any kind, including, but not limited to, an action to enforce a judgment entered by a court or other body having adjudicative authority, an action at law or in equity, or an action for an attachment or other final or provisional remedy, against any perso...

...All of the following apply in connection with any action brought pursuant to this section or division (A) of section 5816.07 of the Revised Code: (A) If a qualified disposition is wholly or partially avoided, all of the following apply: (1) That specific qualified disposition shall be avoided only to the extent necessary to satisfy a transferor's debt to the creditor who brought the action pursuant to divisio...

...Any successor or replacement trustees of a legacy trust shall be determined or selected in the following manners: (A)(1) Division (A)(2) of this section applies if in any action involving a legacy trust or any trustee of the legacy trust a court enters or issues any order in which or by which the court declines to apply the law of this state in determining any of the following matters: (a) The validity, construc...

... to the maximum extent permitted by the Ohio Constitution and the United States Constitution. When determining whether a provision of law is similar to any provision of Chapter 1336. of the Revised Code, a court shall be liberal in finding that such similarity exists. (B) A statement in a trust instrument stating that it "shall be governed by the laws of Ohio" or other statement to similar effect or of similar imp...

...(A) Any person may serve as an advisor of a legacy trust except that a transferor may act as an advisor only in connection with investment decisions. (B) An advisor shall be considered a fiduciary unless the terms of a legacy trust instrument expressly provide otherwise.

...Except to the extent expressly provided otherwise by the terms of a legacy trust instrument, each trustee and each advisor of a legacy trust shall have the greatest discretion permitted by law in connection with all matters of trust administration, all trust distributions, and all other trustee or advisor decisions.

...No beneficiary or other person shall be considered to have a property interest in any property of a legacy trust to the extent that the distribution of that property is subject to the discretion of one or more qualified trustees or advisors, either acting alone or in conjunction with any other person, including any person authorized to veto any distributions from the legacy trust.

...This chapter applies to qualified dispositions made on or after March 27, 2013, except that division (S)(1)(b)(ii) of section 5816.02 of the Revised Code applies to any legacy trust settled or administered on or after the effective date of this amendment.

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio veterans hall of fame. The department of veterans services shall serve as the veterans hall of fame's administrative agent. The veterans hall of fame shall recognize the post-military achievements of outstanding veterans and spotlight all veterans' contributions to the civilian workplace. (B) The Ohio veterans hall of fame shall have an executive committee composed of thirteen me...