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...An application for an order of distribution of the assets of an estate or trust held by a fiduciary may be set for hearing before the probate court at the time that the court shall designate. The fiduciary may serve notice of the hearing upon the application, or cause the notice to be served, upon any person who may be affected by an order disposing of the application; or the court, upon motion of any intereste...

...ction of a beneficiary or pursuant to a legal claim against a beneficiary. (2) The distribution is the subject of an agreement between a beneficiary and any person that requires the fiduciary or beneficiary to pay a percentage of an inheritance or a dollar amount to any person other than the beneficiary. (B) Prior to making a third-party distribution, the affected beneficiary or the affected beneficiary's guar...

...n Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 162, 12 U.S.C. 264, as amended, or provided that no deposit shall be made by any fiduciary, individual or corporate, unless the deposits of the depository credit union are insured by the national credit union administration created under the "Federal Credit Union Act of 1934," 48 Stat. 1216, 12 U.S.C. 1751, as amended, or the deposits of the depository credit union are insured by a share guar...

...y. Those investments may be made regardless of the eligibility of the underlying assets held by the fund portfolios of the investment company. (3) Bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of any state or territory of the United States, or of any county, city, village, school district, or other legally constituted political taxing subdivision of any state or territory of the United States, not otherwise eli...

... in any of the following investments, unless the governing instrument provides for other investments in which the temporary investment of cash or funds is permitted: (a) A short term trust-quality investment fund; (b) Direct obligations of the United States or of its agencies; (c) A deposit with a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, including a deposit with the fiduciary itself...

...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...

... bank, savings and loan association, or credit union located in this state. A corporate fiduciary, authorized to receive deposits of fiduciaries, may be the depositary of funds held by it as fiduciary. All deposits made pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be in such class of account as will be most advantageous to the trust or estate, and each depositary shall pay interest at the highest rate customarily p...

...ciary'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 trust for any loss of interest that is found by the court to be due to the fiduciary's negligence.

... 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 be payable for the benefit of the beneficiary, if living, and to the beneficiary's estate if the beneficiary is deceased. In addition ...

...f financial institutions or the comptroller of the currency shall be permitted to deal with the estate, any power in the instrument creating the trust to the contrary notwithstanding. This section does not prohibit a fiduciary from making an advancement if the advancement has been expressly authorized by the instrument creating the trust or if the probate court approves or from engaging in any act authorized by this ...

...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, ...

...ns holding liens on the real property unless the liens will be extinguished, all of whom shall be made defendants and be notified of the pendency and prayer of the complaint in the manner that the court directs. In addition, the complaint shall contain a statement of the nature of the incompetency or incapacity, if any, of the ward, whether temporary or confirmed and its duration. Except as provided in this sec...

...repairs or improvements and their probable cost and to report their conclusions to the court.

...the court the rate of interest and the length of time for which the fiduciary can borrow that amount. If the report of the fiduciary and the terms proposed are satisfactory to the court, they may be accepted and confirmed and the fiduciary ordered, as fiduciary, to execute a note for the amount to be borrowed and a mortgage on the real property so designated, which shall be a valid lien on the property. The f...

...n 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 shall not apply to a corporate trustee that is subject to section 1111.28 of the Revised Code.

...t any person suspected of having concealed, embezzled, or conveyed away or of being or having been in the possession of any moneys, personal property, or choses in action of the estate, testamentary trust, or guardianship, the court shall by citation or other judicial order compel the person or persons suspected to appear before it to be examined, on oath, touching the matter of the complaint. If necessary, the...

...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.

...rson 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 person is found guilty, the probate court shall assess the amount of damages to be recovered or the court may order the return of the specific thing concealed or embezzled or may order restoration in kind. The...

...fiduciary's property also shall be liable for the satisfaction of the judgment on execution issued on the judgment by the fiduciary's successor.

...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 pleas for the amount of the judgment and the costs that have accrued or that may accrue on the judgment. T...

...on 2109.54 of the Revised Code to be filed in the clerk's office and proceed to execution on the judgment as provided in that section. The prosecuting attorney shall pay the money realized upon the execution to the county treasurer for the use of the estate, testamentary trust, or guardianship, reserving the compensation to the prosecuting attorney that the probate court allows.

...All gifts, grants, or conveyances of real property, rents, or personal property and all bonds, judgments, or executions made or obtained with intent to avoid the purpose of the proceedings set forth in sections 2109.50 to 2109.55 of the Revised Code, or in contemplation of any examination or complaint provided for by those sections, shall be void.

... money to the person in whole or part, less the costs of collection by the prosecuting attorney. The person, on the judge's certificate, shall be given a warrant for the money by the county auditor.