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...(A) Every fiduciary's account required by section 2109.301, 2109.302, or 2109.303 of the Revised Code shall be set for hearing before the probate court. The hearing on the account shall be set not earlier than thirty days after the filing of the account. At the hearing upon an account required by section 2109.302 or 2109.303 of the Revised Code and, if ordered by the court, upon an account required by section...

...made by mail in addition to service by publication, shall set forth the time and place of the hearing, and shall specify the account to be considered and acted upon by the court at the hearing and the period of time covered by the account. It shall contain a statement to the effect that the person notified is required to examine the account, to inquire into the contents of the account and into all matters that ...

...ers of the class need not be served by publication. An order made in the proceeding shall be binding upon all members of the class, except that the order may be vacated for fraud as provided in section 2109.35 of the Revised Code. If the beneficiaries, both present and future, of a charitable trust are not represented by a trustee or an existing corporation or other organization, they shall be represented in ...

...The order of the probate court upon the settlement of a fiduciary's account shall have the effect of a judgment and may be vacated only as follows: (A) The order may be vacated for fraud, upon motion of any person affected by the order or upon the court's own order, if the motion is filed or order is made within one year after discovery of the existence of the fraud. Any person who is subject to any legal dis...

...(A) As used in this section, "third-party distribution" means the distribution by a fiduciary of an estate or trust of the assets of that estate or trust when both of the following apply: (1) The fiduciary makes the distribution to either of the following persons: (a) The transferee of a beneficiary; (b) Any person pursuant to an agreement, request, or instruction of a beneficiary or pursuant to a legal clai...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided by law, including division (D) of this section, or by the instrument creating the trust, a fiduciary having funds belonging to a trust that are to be invested may invest them in the following: (1) Bonds or other obligations of the United States or of this state; (2) Bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of any county, municipal corporation, school district, or other legall...

...(A) In addition to those investments made eligible by section 2109.37 or 2109.372 of the Revised Code, investments may be made by a fiduciary other than a guardian under sections 5905.01 to 5905.19 of the Revised Code, and subject to the restriction placed on an administrator or executor by division (B) of section 2109.37 of the Revised Code, in any of the following kinds and classes of securities, provided tha...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Short term trust-quality investment fund" means a short term investment fund that meets both of the following conditions: (a) The fund may be either a collective investment fund established in accordance with section 1111.14 of the Revised Code or a registered investment company, including any affiliated investment company whether or not the fiduciary has invested other funds h...

...Sections 2109.37, 2109.371, and 2109.372 of the Revised Code do not prohibit a fiduciary from retaining any part of a trust estate as received by the fiduciary even though that part is not of the class or percentage permitted to fiduciaries, or from retaining any investment made by the fiduciary after the investment ceases to be of a class or exceeds the percentage permitted by law, provided the circumstances a...

...A fiduciary entitled to a distributive share of the assets of an estate or trust has the same right as other beneficiaries to accept or demand distribution in kind and may retain any security or investment so distributed to the fiduciary as though it were a part of the original estate received by the fiduciary.

...Unless the instrument creating a trust forbids, a fiduciary may do all of the things that an individual holder might do with respect to securities held by the fiduciary, including the exercise or sale of subscription rights, the acceptance of new stock in the same corporation in place of the stock held, or in the event of reorganization, sale, or merger in a different corporation, and with the approval of the p...

...(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...

...Subject to section 2109.372 of the Revised Code, a fiduciary who has funds belonging to a trust that are not required for payment of current obligations of the fiduciary's trust or distribution shall, unless otherwise ordered by the probate court, invest those funds within a reasonable time according to section 2109.37 or 2109.371 of the Revised Code. On failure to do so, the fiduciary shall account to the trus...

...No fiduciary shall make any personal use of the funds or property belonging to a trust. For a violation of this section, the fiduciary and the fiduciary's bond shall be liable in an action for any loss occasioned by that use and for any additional amount by way of forfeiture, not exceeding the amount of the loss occasioned by the use, that may be fixed by the probate court hearing the case. Those amounts shall ...

...(A) Fiduciaries shall not buy from or sell to themselves and shall not have in their individual capacities any dealings with the estate, except as expressly authorized by the instrument creating the trust and then only with the approval of the probate court in each instance. No corporate fiduciary, as defined in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code, that is not subject to examination or regulatory oversight by the sup...

...Before the probate court confirms a sale by an executor, administrator, guardian, assignee, or trustee made under an order allowing that officer to make a private sale, the court shall require that officer to file a statement indicating that the private sale was made after diligent endeavor to obtain the best price for the property and that the private sale was at the highest price the executor, administrator, ...

...When it appears to be for the best interests of the entrusted estate, a fiduciary other than an executor or administrator may, with the approval of the probate court, borrow money and mortgage real property belonging to the entrusted estate, whether the real property was acquired by purchase or by descent and distribution. The fiduciary proposing to borrow money shall file in the probate court that appointed ...

...Before the probate court makes an order authorizing a guardian to mortgage real property for the purpose of borrowing money to make repairs or improvements, the court shall appoint disinterested persons whose duty it shall be to investigate fully the necessity for and the advisability of making the repairs or improvements and their probable cost and to report their conclusions to the court.

...If on the final hearing of a fiduciary's complaint to borrow money and mortgage real property belonging to the trust it appears to be for the best interests of the trust that the prayer of the complaint be granted, the probate court shall fix the amount necessary to be borrowed, direct what real property shall be encumbered by mortgage to secure that amount, and issue an order to the fiduciary directing the fid...

...The probate judge, if the probate judge considers it necessary or upon the written application of any party interested in the trust estate, may appoint a suitable person to investigate the administration of the trust or estate and report to the court. The expense of the investigation shall be taxed as costs against the party asking for the examination or the trust fund, as the court may decree. This section sha...

...Upon complaint made to the probate court of the county having jurisdiction of the administration of an estate, a testamentary trust, or a guardianship or of the county where a person resides against whom the complaint is made, by a person interested in the estate, testamentary trust, or guardianship or by the creditor of a person interested in the estate, testamentary trust, or guardianship against any person s...

...If a person compelled under section 2109.50 of the Revised Code to appear for examination refuses to answer interrogatories propounded, the probate court shall commit the person to the county jail, and the person shall remain in close custody until the person submits to the court's order.

...When passing on a complaint made under section 2109.50 of the Revised Code, the probate court shall determine, by the verdict of a jury if either party requires it or without if not required, whether the person accused is guilty of having concealed, embezzled, conveyed away, or been in the possession of moneys, personal property, or choses in action of the estate, testamentary trust, or guardianship. If the per...

...If a judgment is rendered against a fiduciary under section 2109.52 of the Revised Code, the fiduciary shall be removed by the probate court. If any portion of the estate, testamentary trust, or guardianship remains to be administered by the probate court at the time of the removal of the fiduciary, the court shall appoint a new fiduciary to continue the administrative process. A fiduciary that is removed shall...

...The fiduciary in whose favor a judgment has been rendered by the probate court under section 2109.52 of the Revised Code shall deliver to the clerk of the court of common pleas a certificate of that judgment in accordance with section 2329.04 of the Revised Code. The probate court shall complete and deliver the certificate to the fiduciary on demand. The clerk shall issue an execution of the court of common ple...