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...A mortgage belonging to an estate may be foreclosed by the executor or administrator.

..., misapplied, or converted assets of an estate, or has insufficient property to discharge the foreign administrator's or executor's liability on account of the trust, or the foreign administrator's or executor's sureties are irresponsible, the distributees, heirs, or legatees, in any court of common pleas or probate court may compel the foreign administrator or executor to secure the amounts respectively due to...

...perty and effects, or the assets of the estate, necessary for the security of those interested in the property, effects, or assets.

...ue the legatee or distributee from the estate or due the beneficiary from the trust, because of circumstances prevailing at the place of residence of the legatee or distributee, or the beneficiary of the trust, the probate court may direct that the money be paid into the county treasury to be held in trust or the probate court may direct that the money or other property be delivered to a trustee. The trustee sh...

...n be ascertained, the filing of an Ohio estate tax return will be required.

...l be conclusive for all purposes except estate tax, unless a reappraisal is ordered by the court.

...'s or administrator's claim against the estate the executor or administrator represents, an appeal may be taken from a final order or judgment of the probate court upon a matter of law by any person affected by the order or judgment.

...When a claim is presented against the estate of a deceased person, the executor or administrator may require satisfactory written proof in support of it and also the affidavit of the claimant that the claim is justly due, that no payments have been made on the claim, and that there are no counterclaims against it to the claimant's knowledge. The affidavit shall set forth any security held for the payment of the...

...tice of any claim presented against the estate the executor or administrator represents, the executor or administrator may enter into an agreement in writing with the claimant to refer the matter in controversy to three disinterested persons, who shall be approved by the probate judge. Upon filing the agreement of reference in the probate court of the county in which the letters testamentary or of administrat...

...alid lien upon any of the assets of an estate to present the lienholder's claim upon the indebtedness secured by the lien, as provided in this chapter, shall not affect the lien if the same is evidenced by a document admitted to public record, or is evidenced by actual possession of the real or personal property that is subject to the lien.

...l reject a creditor's claim against the estate by giving the claimant written notice of the disallowance of the claim. The notice shall be given to the claimant pursuant to Civil Rule 73. Notice by mail shall be effective on delivery of the mail at the address given. A claim may be rejected in whole or in part. A claim that has been allowed may be rejected at any time after allowance of the claim. A claim is re...

...When a claim against an estate has been rejected in whole or in part but not referred to referees, or when a claim has been allowed in whole or in part and thereafter rejected, the claimant must commence an action on the claim, or that part of the claim that was rejected, within two months after the rejection if the debt or that part of the debt that was rejected is then due, or within two months after that debt ...

...im presented for allowance against the estate the executor or administrator represents, whether the claim has been allowed or not, but which claim has not been paid in full, and enters into a sufficient bond running to the executor or administrator, the amount, terms, and surety of which are to be approved by the probate judge, the claim shall be rejected by the executor or administrator. The notice of rejecti...

...collectible out of the property of the estate either before or after distribution, by any means provided for collecting other taxes. No distribution or payment of inferior debts or claims shall defeat that collection, but the tax, penalty, or interest shall not be added before notice to the executor or administrator, and before an opportunity is given to the executor or administrator to be heard. All taxes omit...

...ny increased tax on such property of an estate, covered by an inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code, shall be allowed or paid to a person under a contract for securing for taxation, or putting on the tax list or duplicate, property omitted, or not listed or returned for taxation.

... taxes, claims made under the medicaid estate recovery program instituted pursuant to section 5162.21 of the Revised Code, and obligations for which the decedent was personally liable to the state or any of its subdivisions; (9) Debts for manual labor performed for the decedent within twelve months preceding the decedent's death, not exceeding three hundred dollars to any one person; (10) Other debts for which...

...No execution against the assets of an estate shall issue upon a judgment against an executor or administrator unless upon the order of the probate court that appointed the executor or administrator. If an account has been rendered by the executor or administrator and settled by the court, the execution shall issue only for the sum that appeared, on settlement of the account, to be a just proportion of the asset...

...ed shall run against the assets of the estate of the deceased in the possession or under the control of the executors and administrators.

...eived by the person from the decedent's estate. If, in consequence of insolvency, absence, or other cause, any of the persons liable for the debt fails to pay the person's just proportion to the creditor, the person shall be liable to indemnify all who, by reason of that person's failure, have paid more than their just proportion of the debt, such indemnity to be recovered by all of them jointly or in separate ...

...to the person's home, and the person's estate requires attention, supervision, and care, or is needed for the maintenance of the person's dependents, the probate court, on application of the spouse or of one of the next of kin, may appoint a trustee to take possession and charge of the property of the person, other than the property with respect to which the person has made provision by written instrument desi...

...ator, or guardian is appointed for the estate of the absentee, the court shall order the trustee to file a final account and on settlement of the account shall terminate the trust and order all of the property remaining in the possession or under the control of the trustee to be delivered to the fiduciary entitled to the property.

...or the administration of the decedent's estate that are set forth in the Revised Code for use upon the death of a decedent, shall upon the signing of the decree of presumed death be instituted and carried on in the same manner as if the presumed decedent were in fact dead. All acts pursuant to these proceedings shall be as valid as if the presumed decedent were in fact dead. (B) Following the decree the court ...

... the laws of this state to inherit the estate of the deceased, or the devisees or legatees named or unnamed in the will. The finding and adjudication shall be entered on the journal of the court, which entry, or a certified copy of the entry, shall be primafacie evidence of the facts found.

...ary may make a final distribution of an estate or take any other appropriate action respecting a trust, upon the determination set forth in section 2123.05 of the Revised Code, and shall thereupon, together with the surety, be discharged from liability arising from such determined interest, and the title to any property thereupon purchased from such fiduciary shall be free from such determined interest.

...de, and the costs of administering the estate, the executor or administrator shall commence a civil action in the probate court for authority to sell the decedent's real property.