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...An oral will, made in the last sickness, shall be valid in respect to personal property if reduced to writing and subscribed by two competent disinterested witnesses within ten days after the speaking of the testamentary words. The witnesses shall prove that the testator was of sound mind and memory, not under restraint, and that the testator called upon some person present at the time the testamentary words we...

...Unless it has been admitted to probate or record, as provided in sections 2107.01 to 2107.62 or 2129.05 to 2129.07 of the Revised Code, no will is effectual to transfer real or personal property.

...The expense of proving and recording wills and of any action for declaratory judgment of validity shall be paid by the party at whose instance this is done. The witnesses and officers shall have the same fees for attendance and services as in other cases. When the executor or administrator is appointed, the expense shall be reimbursed out of the estate.

...Subject to section 2108.08 of the Revised Code, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in section 2108.05 of the Revised Code by any of the following: (A) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and either of the following applies: (1) The donor is em...

...(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...

...If the coroner or the coroner's designee allows recovery of a part under section 2108.263, 2108.264, 2108.265, or 2108.266 of the Revised Code, the procurement organization shall, on the coroner's request, cooperate with the coroner in any documentation of injuries and the preservation and collection of evidence prior to and during the recovery of the part and shall provide the coroner with a record de...

...(A) The written declaration described in section 2108.70 of the Revised Code shall include all of the following: (1) The declarant's legal name and present address; (2) A statement that the declarant, an adult being of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily appoints a representative to have the declarant's right of disposition for the declarant's body upon the declarant's death; (3) A statement that all decision...

...A written declaration executed by a declarant under section 2108.70 of the Revised Code shall be signed and dated by the declarant in the presence of one of the following: (A) A notary public who shall make the certification described in section 147.53 of the Revised Code. (B) Two witnesses who are adults and who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the declarant. (C) If the written declaration ...

...After letters of appointment are issued to a fiduciary, the court shall accept filings by mail in matters of estates, guardianships, or trusts, unless the court in writing notifies the fiduciary or attorney of record that a personal appearance is necessary, or a personal appearance is otherwise required by law. The court shall reject an improper or incomplete filing and shall return it to the sender.

... minor. The probate court approving and recording the bond of the guardian, if any, and issuing such letters shall charge the fees allowed by section 2101.16 of the Revised Code for such services. Such fees shall be charged but once for all the wards and not once for each ward.

...Instead of the sureties required on a guardian's bond by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code, a guardian of the person and estate or of the estate only of any ward may execute to the ward a mortgage upon unencumbered real property. The guardian first shall furnish to the probate court a title guarantee or a mortgagee's title insurance policy for the benefit of the guardianship, with respect to the real property...

...A corporation need not, unless ordered by a court, take notice of any duty of a fiduciary, or any restriction or limitation of the right, capacity, authority, or interest of such fiduciary, or see to the performance of any duty or requirement imposed upon such fiduciary by Chapters 2101. to 2131., inclusive, of the Revised Code, as to any of such corporation's shares of record in the name of or owned by such fiduciar...

...(A) An administrator or executor shall render an account at any time other than a time otherwise mentioned in this section upon an order of the probate court issued for good cause shown either at its own instance or upon the motion of any person interested in the estate. Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, an administrator or executor shall render a final account within thirty days after ...

...A fiduciary may serve notice of the hearing upon the fiduciary's account to be conducted under section 2109.32 of the Revised Code, or may cause the notice to be served, upon any person who is interested in the estate or trust, including creditors as the court may direct. The probate court, after notice to the fiduciary upon the motion of any interested person for good cause shown or at its own instance, may or...

...(A) Immediately after appointment and throughout the term of the appointment, but subject to section 2109.372 of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (C) of this section, every fiduciary, pending payment of current obligations of the fiduciary's trust or estate, distribution, or investment pursuant to law, shall deposit all funds received by the fiduciary in the fiduciary's name as such fiduciary in on...

...In any action or proceeding pending in a court of record, if it is made to appear to the court that any person entitled to all or a part of the proceeds of property sold in that action or proceeding is unknown or is a nonresident and not represented in the action or proceeding or that the person entitled cannot, at the time, definitely be ascertained, the probate court may appoint a trustee to whom the notes an...

...A competent adult who is physically infirm may petition the probate court of the county in which the petitioner resides, to place, for a definite or indefinite period of time, the petitioner's person, any or all of the petitioner's real or personal property, or both under a conservatorship with the court. A petitioner either may grant specific powers to the conservator or court or may limit any powers granted b...

...(A) A probate court, on its own motion or on application of an interested party, may issue an emergency ex parte order freezing the financial assets of an individual whom the court or applicant has reason to believe is missing or has gone or been taken to another state if it is reasonably certain that immediate action is required to prevent significant financial harm to the individual. The order may freeze the ...

...(A) At the time of the service of notice upon an alleged incompetent, as required by division (A)(2)(a) of section 2111.04 of the Revised Code, the court shall require a regular probate court investigator appointed or designated under section 2101.11 of the Revised Code or appoint a temporary probate court investigator to investigate the circumstances of the alleged incompetent, and, to the maximum extent feasi...

...(A) In connection with the appointment of a guardian for a minor or the functioning of the guardianship of a minor, the court may appoint a regular probate court investigator appointed or designated under section 2101.11 of the Revised Code or appoint a temporary probate court investigator to investigate the need for, or the circumstances of, the guardianship and to file with the court a report that contains all of t...

...The court, by order or rule, may require that any inventory filed by a guardian pursuant to section 2111.14 of the Revised Code be supported by evidence that the inventory is a true and accurate inventory of the estate of the ward of the guardian. The evidence may include, but is not limited to, prior income tax returns, bank statements, and social security records of the ward or other documents that are releva...

...If personal injury, damage to tangible or intangible property, or damage or loss on account of personal injury or damage to tangible or intangible property is caused to a ward by wrongful act, neglect, or default that would entitle the ward to maintain an action and recover damages for the injury, damage, or loss, and when any ward is entitled to maintain an action for damages or any other relief based on any claim o...

...When a foreign legal representative of a nonresident ward applies to have all or any of the moneys or property in the possession or under the control of the resident guardian of the ward paid or delivered to the foreign representative, the foreign representative shall file a petition or motion in the probate court by which the resident guardian was appointed. The resident guardian shall be given thirty days' n...

...When a guardian has been appointed for a minor before the minor is over fourteen years of age, the guardian's power shall continue until the ward arrives at the age of majority, unless removed for good cause or unless the ward selects another suitable guardian. After the selection is made and approved by the probate court and the person selected is appointed and qualified, the powers of the former guardian shal...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Adult" means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older. (B) "Guardian" has the same meaning as in section 2111.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Guardian of the person" means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, and welfare of a ward. "Guardian of the person" does not include a guardian ad litem. (D) "Guardian of...