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...As used in this chapter: (A) "Application" means, as context requires, an application under section 2717.02, 2717.04, or 2717.13 of the Revised Code. (B) "Applicant" means, as context requires, a person who makes the filing under section 2717.02 or 2717.04 of the Revised Code, or the minor on whose behalf a filing is made under section 2717.13 of the Revised Code. (C) "Conform" means to make a person's legal...

...A person desiring to change the person's name may file an application in the probate court of the county in which the person resides.

... the Revised Code, an application for a change of name shall set forth all of the following: (A) That the applicant has been a bona fide resident of the county for at least sixty days prior to the filing of the application. (B) The reason for which the change of name is sought. (C) The requested new name.

...A person desiring to conform the person's legal name on an official identity document may file an application in the probate court of the county in which the person resides.

...Subject to sections 2717.07 and 2717.19 of the Revised Code, an application to conform a legal name shall set forth all of the following: (A) That the applicant has been a bona fide resident of the county where the applicant is filing for at least sixty days prior to the filing of the application. (B) An explanation of the misspelling, inconsistency, or other error in the name. (C) A description of the correcti...

...) The affidavit supporting a legal name change application shall also verify that the applicant has not been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a delinquent child for identity fraud or does not have a duty to comply with section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code because the applicant was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or was adjudicated a delinquent child for having committed a sexually orie...

...A probate court by local rule or order may require an applicant to submit a copy of any or all of the applicant's official identity documents or other documentary evidence relating to the applicant's identity that the court deems relevant to the application.

...The probate court may hold a hearing on an application. Except as provided in sections 2717.11 and 2717.14 of the Revised Code, if the court requires a hearing, it shall set the manner, scope, and content of the hearing notice the applicant must serve.

...ice was served, the court may order the change of name.

...Upon proof that the facts set forth in the application show that a misspelling, inconsistency, or other error of the applicant's legal name on an official identity document exists, and that reasonable and proper cause exists for issuing an order that resolves the discrepancy and conforms the applicant's legal name, the court may issue an order to conform the name of the person.

...ory proof that open records of the name change or conformity, or publication of the hearing notice under section 2717.08 of the Revised Code, would jeopardize the applicant's personal safety, both of the following apply: (A) The court shall waive the hearing notice requirement. (B) If the court orders the change of name under section 2717.09 of the Revised Code or the name conformity under section 2717.10 of the ...

...An application for change of name under section 2717.02 of the Revised Code or to conform a name under section 2717.04 of the Revised Code may be made on behalf of a minor by either of the minor's parents, a legal guardian, a legal custodian, or a guardian ad litem.

...(A) When an application is made on behalf of a minor, in addition to the proof required under sections 2717.03 or 2717.05 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, proof of the notice given under section 2717.08 of the Revised Code, the consent of both living, legal parents of the minor shall be filed, or notice of the hearing shall be given to the parent or parents not consenting by certified mail, return receipt requ...

...(A) The court shall not order a change of name under section 2717.09 of the Revised Code if the person applying for a change of name has a duty to comply with section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code because the applicant was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or was adjudicated a delinquent child for having committed a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense. (B) The court shall not order...

...An action to conform the legal name of a person under section 2717.04 of the Revised Code shall not be permitted in lieu of either of the following: (A) Correction of a birth record under section 3705.15 of the Revised Code; (B) Changing a legal name to a name that is not used in any existing official identity documents.

...(A) On receipt of an application, the probate court may order a criminal records check. (B) Any fee required for the criminal records check shall be paid by the applicant.

...Any domestic stock life insurance corporation, incorporated under a general law, may become a mutual life insurance corporation, and to that end may carry out a plan for the acquisition of shares of its capital stock, provided such plan: (A) Has been adopted by a vote of a majority of the directors of such corporation; (B) Has been approved by a vote of stockholders representing a majority of the capital sto...

...If a domestic stock life insurance corporation determines to become a mutual life insurance corporation, it may, in carrying out any plan to that end under section 3913.01 of the Revised Code, acquire any shares of its own stock by gift, bequest, or purchase. Until all of such shares are acquired, any shares so acquired, or acquired pursuant to section 3913.03 of the Revised Code, shall be acquired in trust for the c...

...If a stockholder of any domestic stock life insurance corporation planning to become a mutual life insurance corporation under section 3913.01 of the Revised Code files with the corporation, prior to or at the meeting of the stockholders at which the plan is submitted to a vote, a written objection to such plan and does not vote in favor of it, and such stockholder, within twenty days after the plan is approved by su...

...The trustees provided for in section 3913.02 of the Revised Code shall be appointed and vacancies shall be filled by the superintendent of insurance. Such trustees shall be qualified directors of the corporation at the time of such appointment and shall continue as such trustees until the purpose of the trust is accomplished or abandoned, unless they are removed for cause by the superintendent. Said trustees shall fi...

...When a domestic stock life insurance corporation has become converted into a mutual life insurance corporation, the officers and directors or trustees of the original corporation shall remain as the officers and directors or trustees of the newly converted corporation until the next annual meeting for the election of officers and directors or trustees, when their successors shall be elected in the manner provided in ...

...The corporate powers of a mutual life insurance corporation shall be exercised by, and its business and affairs shall be controlled by, a board of directors or trustees composed of not less than three nor more than twenty-one natural persons who are policyholders or members of said corporation. The members of such board shall be at least eighteen years of age, and at least three members must be residents and citizens...

...In order to secure continuity of membership in its board of directors or trustees, the articles of incorporation of any mutual life insurance corporation may provide for division of the board into not more than three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, and may fix the term of office for each class. Unless such provision is made in the articles of incorporation, all directors and trustees shall be elected...

...Meetings of the board of directors or trustees of any mutual life insurance corporation shall be upon such notice as the code of regulations prescribes. Attendance of a director or trustee at any meeting constitutes a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a director or trustee attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called...

...If the code of regulations of any mutual life insurance corporation so provides, the board of directors or trustees, by a resolution adopted by a majority of the whole board, may designate three or more of its number to constitute an executive committee, which committee shall, to the extent provided in the resolution or in the code of regulations, have and exercise, during the interim between the meetings of the boar...