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... applicant. The application may be accompanied by a waiver signed by the persons who have priority to administer the estate, and, in the absence of a waiver, those persons shall be served notice for the purpose of ascertaining whether they desire to take or renounce administration. Minors who would have been entitled to priority to administer the estate except for their minority also shall be served notice pu...

...he filing of an application for appointment as executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased alien with surviving heirs residing in a foreign country, or as soon thereafter during the administration of the estate as the probate court ascertains that the deceased was an alien, the court shall cause notice of the proceedings to be forwarded by registered mail to the nearest consular representative of the countr...

...xecutor in the will of a decedent, or nominated as an executor by holders of a power as described in section 2107.65 of the Revised Code, refuses to accept the trust, or, if after being served notice for that purpose, neglects to appear and accept, or if the person named or nominated as executor neglects for twenty days after the probate of the will to give any required bond, the probate court shall grant lett...

...under the age of eighteen years at the time of admitting the will to probate, administration may be granted with the will annexed during the nominee's minority, unless there is another executor who will accept the trust. If there is that other executor, the estate shall be administered by that executor until the minor arrives at full age when the former minor may be admitted as executor upon giving bond as pro...

...The executor of an executor has no authority, as such, to administer the estate of the first testator. On the death of the sole or surviving executor of a will, administration of that part of the estate of the first testator not already administered may be granted, with the will annexed, to the person that the probate court appoints.

...ial administrator shall be allowed the compensation for the special administrator's services that the court thinks reasonable, if the special administrator faithfully fulfills the fiduciary duties.

...non is authorized to prosecute a suit commenced by a former executor or administrator. If the special administrator neglects or refuses to transfer the assets and estate to the executor or administrator, the probate court may compel the transfer by citation and attachment. The executor or administrator also may proceed, by civil action, to recover the value of the assets from the special administrator and the...

...A creditor's claim may be presented in accordance with section 2117.06 of the Revised Code to a special administration appointed under section 2113.15 of the Revised Code.

... a wrongful death action can be made from the information available to the executor or administrator.

...or otherwise as the case requires, to some suitable person pursuant to section 2113.05 or 2113.06 of the Revised Code. That person shall administer the assets of the deceased not previously administered.

...voked, unless before the revocation a complaint contesting the probate of the will is filed in the probate court. If a complaint of that nature is filed, the probate court may allow the administration to be continued by the original administrators until the final determination of the contest. If the will is sustained, the first administration shall be revoked. In either case, upon revocation of the first admin...

... may require additional bonds that from time to time seem proper.

...and funds and for all damages arising from the maladministration or omissions of the former executor or administrator.

...ration of an estate, may be recovered from the persons receiving them.

...appointment unless an extension of the time to file a final and distributive account is authorized under division (B) of section 2109.301 of the Revised Code. For good cause shown, the court may grant an extension of the time to file the inventory and accounts.

...cutor or administrator under oath in open court on any matter relating to the administration of the estate.

...tion, a member of a limited liability company, or a partner of a partnership, or under any other form of ownership other than a sole proprietorship.

...stered, although not included in the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code. The executor or administrator is also chargeable with all the proceeds of personal property and real property sold for the payment of debts or legacies, and all the interest, profit, and income that in any way comes into the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator from the personal property o...

... to the applicant, of the persons to whom the real property passed by descent or devise. (B) Notice of the time of hearing on the application shall be given to the persons designated in division (A)(3) of this section, unless for good cause the court dispenses with that notice, and also to the executor or administrator, unless the executor or administrator is the applicant. (C) If the court finds that the stat...

...No profits shall be made by executors or administrators by the increase of any part of an estate, nor shall they sustain any loss by the decrease or destruction of such estate without their fault.

...trator is not accountable for debts inventoried as due to the decedent, if it appears to the probate court that, without the executor's or administrator's fault, they remain uncollected.

...the executor's or administrator's own benefit, the executor or administrator shall be charged with the personal property at double the value affixed to the property by the appraisers.

...usand dollars, at the rate of four per cent; (2) All above one hundred thousand dollars and not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, at the rate of three per cent; (3) All above four hundred thousand dollars, at the rate of two per cent. (B) Executors and administrators shall be allowed a fee of one per cent on the value of real property that is not sold. Executors and administrators also shall be allowed a fe...

...f administration. The court may at any time during administration fix the amount of those fees and, on application of the executor or administrator or the attorney, shall fix the amount of the fees. If provision is made by the will of the deceased for compensation to an executor, the amount provided shall be a full satisfaction for the executor's or administrator's services, in lieu of the fees or share of the...

...st amount expended by the person for a tombstone or monument for the deceased and a just amount paid by the person to a cemetery association or corporation as a perpetual fund for caring for and preserving the lot on which the deceased is buried: (A) An executor; (B) An administrator; (C) A person with the right of disposition under section 2108.70 or 2108.81 of the Revised Code. It is not incumbent on such a pe...