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...A guardian shall distinctly report to the probate court the amount of money and personal property expended in making an improvement to the ward's real property under section 2111.35 of the Revised Code, within forty days after the improvement is completed. If the ward dies before the removal of the disability and there are heirs who inherit real property only from the ward, the money expended shall descend and ...

...If a nonresident minor, incompetent, or person confined in a state, charitable, or correctional institution has real property or rights, credits, moneys, or other personal property in this state, the probate court of the county in which the property or a part of it is situated may appoint a resident guardian of the ward to manage, collect, lease, and take care of the ward's property. The appointment may be made...

...The resident guardian of a nonresident ward shall give bond and be bound and controlled by all the statutes of this state as though the resident guardian were a guardian of a ward resident in this state, and shall have all of the authority of a guardian of a resident ward including the authority to lease or sell real property belonging to the ward. Unless removed by the probate court, a resident guardian of a ...

...t guardian shall be given thirty days' notice of the time of hearing on the petition or motion, and the foreign representative shall produce an exemplification under the seal of the office, if there is a seal, of the proper court of the state of the foreign representative's residence containing all the entries on record in relation to the foreign representative's appointment and qualification, authenticated as ...

...If a nonresident ward for whom a resident guardian was appointed has become a resident since the appointment and a guardian has been appointed for the ward, the probate court shall remove the resident guardian previously appointed and require an immediate settlement of the account of the resident guardian previously appointed.

...If a guardian is appointed by a court of another state or territory or by a foreign country for a nonresident ward, and the ward is entitled to money or other property in the custody of an executor, administrator, or other person in this state, the executor, administrator, or other person may deliver the money or other property to the guardian of the nonresident ward.

...Wards living outside this state and owning lands within it are entitled to the benefit of Chapters 2101. to 2131., inclusive, of the Revised Code. Guardians appointed by foreign courts for nonresident wards may bring and maintain actions and enforce the collection of judgments rendered in such cases in their favor in the manner and to the extent that they could if appointed in this state, upon giving security for the...

...Applications for the sale of real property by guardians of wards who live out of this state shall be made in the county in which the land is situated. If the real property is situated in two or more counties, the application shall be made in one of the counties in which a part of it is situated. Additional security that may be approved by the probate court of the county in which the application is made shall be...

...The marriage of a ward shall terminate the guardianship as to the person, but not as to the estate, of the ward.

...When a guardian has been appointed for a minor before the minor is over fourteen years of age, the guardian's power shall continue until the ward arrives at the age of majority, unless removed for good cause or unless the ward selects another suitable guardian. After the selection is made and approved by the probate court and the person selected is appointed and qualified, the powers of the former guardian shal...

...Upon reasonable notice to the guardian, to the ward, and to the person on whose application the appointment was made, and upon satisfactory proof that the necessity for the guardianship no longer exists or that the letters of appointment were improperly issued, the probate court shall order that the guardianship of an incompetent terminate and shall make an appropriate entry upon the journal. Thereupon the guard...

...If the ward for whom a guardian has been appointed removes to another county within this state and acquires a new residence or legal settlement therein, the probate court having jurisdiction over the guardian and the ward, may, on its own motion, or on motion of the guardian or any interested party, with the consent of the probate court of the county to which such ward has removed, transfer the jurisdiction over said...

...All sales, leases, encumbrances, or liens made or created on any real property located in this state by guardians for persons who are incompetent by reason of advanced age or mental or physical disability since August 17, 1919, by order of any court of this state shall not be declared invalid for the reason that the guardians for the incompetents were not vested with all the statutory powers given to guardians ...

...(A)(1) Subject to division (A)(3) of this section, the guardian of an incompetent person shall file a guardian's report with the court two years after the date of the issuance of the guardian's letters of appointment and biennially after that time, or at any other time upon the motion or a rule of the probate court. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the court and shall include all of the following. (a) Th...

... (E)(1) The probate court shall cause notice as described in division (E)(2) of this section to be given and a hearing to be conducted prior to its exercise or direction of the exercise of any of the following powers pursuant to division (B) of this section: (a) The exercise, release, or disclaimer of powers as a donee of a power of appointment; (b) Unless the amount of the gift is no more than one thousand do...

...Each county shall establish in the county treasury an indigent guardianship fund. All revenue that the general assembly appropriates to the indigent guardianship fund for a county, thirty dollars of the thirty-five-dollar fee collected pursuant to division (A)(34) of section 2101.16 of the Revised Code, and twenty dollars of the sixty-dollar fee collected pursuant to division (A)(59) () of that section shall be depos...

...(A) A probate court may accept funds or other program assistance from, or charge fees for services described in division (C) of this section rendered to, individuals, corporations, agencies, or organizations, including, but not limited to, a county board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services or a county board of developmental disabilities, unless a county board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Adult" means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older. (B) "Guardian" has the same meaning as in section 2111.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Guardian of the person" means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, and welfare of a ward. "Guardian of the person" does not include a guardian ad litem. (D) "Guardian of...

...Chapter 2112. of the Revised Code may be cited as the Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.

...A probate court of this state may treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of applying this chapter.

...(A) A probate court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this chapter. The probate court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the probate court shall make a record of the communication. The record may be limited to the fact that the communication occurred. (B) Probat...

...(A) In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this state, a probate court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following: (1) Hold an evidentiary hearing; (2) Order a person in that state to produce evidence or give testimony pursuant to the procedures of that state; (3) Order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent; (4) Order any appropriat...

...(A) In a guardianship proceeding or protective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may be available, the testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The probate court on the court's own motion may order that the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may prescribe the m...

...(A) A probate court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if any of the following applies: (1) This state is the respondent's home state. (2) On the date that the application is filed, this state is a significant-connection state, and either of the following applies: (a) The respondent does not have a home state, or a court of the respondent's home ...

...(A) A probate court of this state lacking jurisdiction under section 2112.21 of the Revised Code has special jurisdiction to do any of the following: (1) Appoint a guardian in an emergency for a respondent who is physically present in this state; (2) Issue a protective order in an emergency with respect to the adult or to the real or tangible personal property located in this state; (3) Appoint a guardian fo...