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... (B) Notice of the hearing shall be given to the testator or settlor, as applicable, and to all party defendants, as provided in the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. (C) The hearing shall be adversarial in nature and shall be conducted pursuant to sections 2101.31 and 2721.10 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

...s applicable. A person who opposes the complaint has the burden of establishing one or more of the following: (1) The lack of testamentary intent or the intent to create a trust, as the case may be; (2) The lack of the testator's testamentary capacity, or the settlor's legal capacity to enter into and establish the trust; (3) Undue influence, restraint, or duress on the testator or settlor; (4) Fraud or mist...

...isite testamentary capacity, was free from undue influence, and was not under restraint or duress. (c) The execution of the will was not the result of fraud or mistake. (2) After the testator's death, unless the will is modified or revoked after the court's declaration under division (A)(1) of this section, the will has full legal effect as the instrument of the disposition of the testator's estate and shall be ...

...declaration of validity even if, by the time of the testator's death, or the challenge to the trust, the representing person has died or would no longer be able to represent the person to be represented in the proceeding under this chapter.

... other document is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid due to the testator's lack of testamentary capacity, or undue influence, restraint, or duress on the testator, or otherwise. (C) The amendment by a later codicil of a will that has been declared valid under division (A)(1) of section 5817.10 of the Revised Code does not affect the will or the prior declaration of its validity except as prov...

... other document is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid due to the settlor's lack of capacity, or undue influence, restraint, or duress on the settlor, or otherwise. (C) An amendment of a trust that has been declared valid under division (B)(1) of section 5817.10 of the Revised Code does not affect the trust or the prior declaration of its validity except as provided by the amendment. However, t...

...C) The failure of a testator to file a complaint for a judgment declaring the validity of a will that the testator has executed is not admissible as evidence in any proceeding to determine the validity of that will or any other will executed by the testator. (D) The failure of a settlor to file a complaint for a judgment declaring the validity of a trust that the settlor has executed is not admissible as evidence i...

... the United States merchant marine between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, and died on active duty while serving in a war zone during that period of service. (B) As used in section 5901.08 and other sections of the Revised Code with regard to applications for financial assistance under sections 5901.02 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code, "veteran" means either of the following: (1) A person who served in the a...

...ge of the court of common pleas. At the time of appointment or reappointment to the commission, no commission member appointed under this section shall be an employee of the commission or hold an elective or other appointive office of the county served by the commission. Each member of the commission appointed under this section shall be an honorably discharged or honorably separated veteran. Within sixty days aft...

... and in which the veterans service commission submits a budget request under section 5901.11 of the Revised Code for the ensuing fiscal year that exceeds twenty-five-thousandths of one per cent of the assessed value of property in the county or the amount appropriated to the commission from the county general fund in the current fiscal year by more than ten per c...

...hall select one of its members as president, one as vice-president, and one as secretary. The commission shall meet at least once each month. A judge of the court of common pleas may remove, for cause, any member of the commission appointed under section 5901.02 of the Revised Code, and shall fill vacancies occurring among memberships appointed under that section for the unexpired terms in the manner provided for ...

...temized statement, the board of county commissioners shall allow the persons composing the veterans service commission their reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, and shall fix a fair compensation for their services. The county auditor shall issue a warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount so allowed.

... of at least three persons who are residents of the county, whose duties shall be set forth by the commission. Such persons shall be veterans, one of whom shall be designated as chairperson of the county veterans service committee. The commission shall fill all vacancies that occur in any such committee, and may remove any member of a committee for cause.

... spouse, surviving spouse, child, or parent of a veteran. Each shall be employed in the classified service and is exempt from civil service examination. The compensation of such investigators and clerks shall be established by the commission, and shall be paid from the county allotment of veterans service funds.

...each service officer on a part- or full-time basis and fix the officer's compensation. No county commissioner or member of the veterans service commission shall be employed as a service officer. The commission shall employ the necessary clerks, stenographers, and other personnel to assist the service officers in the performance of duties and shall fix their compensation. Each of these employees shall be a veteran o...

...es, or the spouse, surviving spouse, dependent parent, minor child, or ward of a veteran or active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States, who has been a bona fide resident of the county in which application is being made for at least three months.

... release of information form each time the applicant, recipient, or former recipient consents to the release of any specific information in the application, statement, or other document involved. A copy of each signed release of information form shall be kept in the file of the applicant, recipient, or former recipient kept by the commission. The release of information form sha...

...aid and financial assistance of persons entitled to such aid and assistance and for the operation of the veterans service office for the ensuing year. After determining the probable amount necessary for such purposes, the commission shall prepare and submit a budget in the manner specified in division (C) of section 5705.28 of the Revised Code to the board of county commissioners which may review the proposed budget ...

...n to draw, receipt for, and properly expend the allowance made to any person under sections 5901.02 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code, after the voucher or certificate is endorsed by the person for whom the allowance is intended, for the benefit of the person and the indigent members of his family. No part of the allowance shall be paid to any person without such endorsement. The commission, at any meeting, may increase...

...ervice commission shall adopt and implement rules to grant immediate assistance, financial or otherwise, to any person entitled to it under sections 5901.02 to 5901.14 of the Revised Code, and to any member, spouse, or dependent of any member of the Ohio national guard, the Ohio military reserve, the Ohio naval militia, or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States serving active military duty becau...

...d, for the burial, removal, and reinterment of the bodies of neglected and indigent veterans. The expense of such purchase shall be filed with and audited by the county auditor, who shall issue a warrant for it upon the county treasurer, who shall pay such warrant from the general fund of the county.

...On and after the interment of the remains of one or more deceased veterans in a veterans plot, the reasonable expenses of the care of the grave shall be annually provided for by the municipal corporation or township in which the remains are buried, and shall be paid annually to the cemetery association in which the remains may be interred, removed, or reinterred.

...esented to the county veterans service commission signed by the officers of a local or state veterans organization, or by a majority of a memorial committee of any municipal corporation in which one or more such organizations exist, or by veterans in townships or villages in which no veterans organization exists. Such petition shall contain: (A) The name of the deceased veteran or veterans whose remains are sought t...

...mission shall act upon any petition presented as provided by section 5901.18 of the Revised Code, and, if true, it shall issue an order to maintain a dignified burial site with the agreement of the petitioners, or direct the removal of the remains of the deceased veteran or veterans to the cemetery designated in the petition, within the municipal corporation or township, in which the remains are then to be buried, an...

... the county auditor forthwith, at which time it shall become a charge upon the county in which the interment or reinterment is made. Such expense shall be audited and the auditor shall issue a warrant for it on the county treasurer, who shall pay such warrant out of the general fund of the county.

...the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.

...risdiction of the court whether the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to section 3115.611 of the Revised Code has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country. (B) An order issued by a court of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling or...

...r modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.

...gh a central authority for assistance from another central authority. (B) "Central authority" means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in division (E)(4) of section 3115.102 of the Revised Code to perform the functions specified in the convention. (C) "Convention support order" means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in division (E)(4) of section 311...

...y to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code is inconsistent with sections 3115.102 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code, sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 control.

...The department of job and family services is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the convention.

...15.713 of the Revised Code, the support enforcement agency shall do both of the following: (1) Transmit and receive applications; (2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a court of this state. (B) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention: (1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order; (2) Enforcem...

... in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances. (D) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the support enforcement agency. (E) Sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code do not prevent the application of laws ...

...f a convention support order must be accompanied by all of the following: (1) A complete text of the support order or an abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by the Hague conference on private international law; (2) A record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country; (3) If the respondent did not appear an...

...stered convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision. (G) A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.

...roceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new convention support order. (2) The support enforcement agency shall take all appropriate measures to request a child-support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under section 3115.704 of the Revised Code.

...rt of this state does not recognize and enforce a convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a convention support order.

... a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by both of the following: (1) A complete text of the foreign support agreement; (2) A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country. (C) A court of this state may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the court finds that recognition and enforcement w...

...ourt of this state may not modify a convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless one of the following applies: (1) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a court of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity. (2) The foreign tri...

...Personal information gathered or transmitted under sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.

...uage and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.

...ing state when the crime was allegedly committed and has not fled therefrom.

...ay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding. (C) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complyi...

...eration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

...tablish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.

...ications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

...domestic relations cases in the county render the conciliation procedures provided necessary to proper consideration of such cases or to effectuate conciliation of marital controversies. Such determination shall be made by the judge of the court of common pleas in counties having only one such judge, or by a majority of the judges of the court of common pleas in counties having more than one such judge. A determinati...

...ings by any other common pleas judge, whenever in the opinion of the conciliation judge the assignment is necessary to expedite any case. When any case is so assigned, the judge to whom it is assigned acts as a conciliation judge. (C) The presiding judge of the court of common pleas may appoint a judge of the court of common pleas to act as conciliation judge during any period when a conciliation judge is on vacatio...

...federal decennial census, the court of common pleas may appoint one or more conciliation counselors to assist the court in carrying out its functions under this chapter. Conciliation counselors shall do any of the following, as the court may direct: (A) Confer with the parties to conciliation proceedings, and make recommendations concerning such proceedings to the conciliation judge; (B) Hold hearings in conciliati...

...r, make investigations and reports and render other assistance in conciliation cases, within the limits of the powers and duties granted and imposed by the laws of this state relating to probation officers.