Ohio Revised Code Search

...ed Code. (2) A nonprofit corporation domiciled in this state and organized under the laws of this state and entitled to tax exempt status under section 501(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 501 may be appointed as a guardian of the person of an incompetent when certified by the probate court to receive such an appointment. The probate court shall certify that nonprofit corporation...

...ction of the court that such spouse is competent to discharge the duties of such appointment.

...parent's children, whether born at the time of making the will or afterward, to continue during the minority of the child or for a less time. When the father or mother of a minor names a person as guardian of the estate of that minor in a will, the person named shall have preference in appointment over the person selected by the minor. A person named in that will as guardian of the person of that minor shall h...

...ent adult children, whether born at the time of the execution of the writing or afterward, subject to notice and a hearing pursuant to section 2111.02 of the Revised Code. The nomination is for consideration by a court if proceedings for the appointment of a guardian of the person, the estate, or both, for the person making the nomination or if proceedings for the appointment of a guardian as the guardian of th...

...(A) When a guardian is appointed to have the custody and maintenance of a ward, and to have charge of the education of the ward if the ward is a minor, the guardian's duties are as follows: (1) To protect and control the person of the ward; (2) To provide suitable maintenance for the ward when necessary, which shall be paid out of the estate of such ward upon the order of the guardian of the person; (3) To provide...

...are and custody of the minor and with whom the minor resides, other than a guardian of the person only or a natural guardian; (5) A financial institution incident to a deposit in a federally insured savings account in the sole name of the minor; (6) A custodian designated by the court in its order, for the minor under sections 5814.01 to 5814.10 of the Revised Code. (B) An order entered pursuant to division (A) of...

... ward; (3) To pay all just debts due from the ward out of the estate in the possession or under the control of the guardian, collect all debts due to the ward, compound doubtful debts, and appear for and defend, or cause to be defended, all suits against the ward; (4) To obey all orders and judgments of the courts touching the guardianship; (5) To bring suit for the ward when a suit is in the best interests of the...

...clude, but is not limited to, prior income tax returns, bank statements, and social security records of the ward or other documents that are relevant to determining the accuracy of the inventory. In order to verify the accuracy of an inventory, the court may order a guardian to produce any additional evidence that may tend to prove that the guardian is in possession of or has knowledge of assets that belong to ...

...When a person is appointed to have the custody of the person and to take charge of the estate of a ward, such person shall have all the duties required of a guardian of the estate and of a guardian of the person.

... a conservator, the physically infirm, competent adult, unless one or more of the following applies: (1) The guardian or conservator agrees to be personally responsible for the debt. (2) The debt was incurred for the support of the ward or the physically infirm, competent adult, and the guardian or conservator is liable for that debt because of another legal relationship that gives rise to or results in a duty of s...

...om or allowed as a credit in the settlement of a guardian's account.

...rdian as suing on behalf of the ward. When the guardianship ceases, actions or proceedings then pending shall not abate, if the right survives. The guardian's successor as guardian, the executor or administrator of the ward, or the ward, if the guardianship has terminated other than by the ward's death, shall be made party to the suit or other proceeding as the case requires, in the same manner an executor or a...

...on application by any suitable person whom the court may authorize to receive and receipt for the settlement, may authorize the settlement without the appointment of a guardian and authorize the delivery of the moneys as provided in section 2111.05 of the Revised Code. The court may authorize the person receiving the moneys to execute a complete release on account of the receipt. The payment shall be a complete and f...

...is known, provided the parent is free from disability other than minority, or, if there is no living parent, after that notice to the next of kin of the minor known to reside in the county, the court may find the minor to be emancipated, may authorize, approve, and consent to the settlement of the claim by the minor without the appointment of a guardian, may authorize the minor to receive and receipt for the se...

...If a minor is entitled to money or property whether by settlement or judgment for personal injury or damage to tangible or intangible property, inheritance or otherwise, the probate court may order that all or a portion of the amount received by the minor be deposited into a trust for the benefit of that beneficiary until the beneficiary reaches twenty-five years of age, and order the distribution of the amount in ac...

...zed contract relating to real property entered into by a guardian who has died or been removed. The appointed guardian shall proceed in the manner provided by sections 2113.48 to 2113.50 of the Revised Code.

...The guardian of the person and estate, or of the estate only, may sell all or any part of the personal property of the ward if the sale is for the interest of the ward.

...operty may be considered to be the sale price or, if there is no sale, the appraised value. The sale, compromise, adjustment, or mortgage may be made upon application and entry in the pending proceedings.

...eem the real property, upon receiving from that person the amount paid for the tax title with the forfeiture and interest allowed by sections 319.52 and 323.121 of the Revised Code. If the guardian tenders that deed to the person entitled to redeem the real property and the person so entitled refuses to accept and pay for it, the person entitled shall not recover costs in any proceeding thereafter instituted to...

...Whenever a ward, for whom a guardian of the estate or of the person and estate has been appointed, is interested in any suit or proceeding in the probate court, such guardian shall in all such suits or proceedings act as guardian ad litem for such ward, except as to suits or proceedings in which the guardian has an adverse interest. Whenever a minor or other person under legal disability, for whom no guardian of the ...

...inds that the estate of a ward is insolvent or will probably be insolvent, such estate shall be settled by the guardian in like manner as for the settlement of the insolvent estate of a deceased person under section 2117.15 of the Revised Code.

...ease in making improvements for which compensation was not made in rent or otherwise.

...sts of the ward or those persons for whom the ward is required by law to provide.

...s of the proposed lease, including the time for which it is proposed the real property should be leased; (J) Any other facts necessary to apprise the court fully of the necessity or benefit to the ward or the estate of the proposed lease, or any other facts that may be required by the court; (K) A prayer for the proper authority.

...te if all the wards are jointly or in common interested in the real property. If the same person is guardian of two or more wards owning lands in common, the wards may be joined as defendants in the same petition under section 2111.27 of the Revised Code. The ward's spouse shall be made a defendant to the petition, and if the proposed lease is for the purpose of mining or removing mineral or other substances ...