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...evised Code do not prevent the probate court from making an order and decree for the sale of any portion of the aliened or unaliened real property that is equitable among the parties, and making an order of contribution and further order and decree to settle and adjust the various rights and liabilities of the parties.

...When a will is admitted to probate, or a will made out of this state is admitted to record as provided by sections 2129.05 to 2129.07 of the Revised Code, and interests in real property are given or devised by the will to the executors named in the will, or nominated pursuant to a power as described in section 2107.65 of the Revised Code, to be sold or conveyed, or the interests in real property thereby are ord...

...sickness, shall be valid in respect to personal property if reduced to writing and subscribed by two competent disinterested witnesses within ten days after the speaking of the testamentary words. The witnesses shall prove that the testator was of sound mind and memory, not under restraint, and that the testator called upon some person present at the time the testamentary words were spoken to bear testimony to...

... will is effectual to transfer real or personal property.

...The expense of proving and recording wills and of any action for declaratory judgment of validity shall be paid by the party at whose instance this is done. The witnesses and officers shall have the same fees for attendance and services as in other cases. When the executor or administrator is appointed, the expense shall be reimbursed out of the estate.

...me a part of the trust estate, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the court having jurisdiction of the trust, and shall be administered in accordance with the terms and provisions of the instrument creating the trust, including, unless the will specifically provides otherwise, any amendments or modifications of the trust made in writing before, concurrently with, or after the making of the will and prior to the ...

...as received by the trustee shall not be subject to debts of the insured or the person covered by the benefit plan or to estate tax to any greater or lesser extent than if the proceeds were payable to the beneficiary or beneficiaries named in the trust and not to the estate of the insured or the person covered by the benefit plan. The insurance proceeds, or the proceeds of the benefit plan, so held in trust may be co...

... the testator's will, upon one or more persons, the power to nominate, in writing, an executor, coexecutor, successor executor, or successor coexecutor, and also may provide in the will that the person or persons so nominated may serve without bond. If a will confers that power, the holders of it have the authority to nominate themselves as executor, coexecutor, successor executor, or successor coexecutor unle...

...icil admitted to probate in the probate court that has not been declared valid by judgment of a court pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 5817.10 of the Revised Code may contest its validity by filing a complaint in the probate court in the county in which the will or codicil was admitted to probate. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, no person may contest the validity of any will or codicil as t...

...cribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure. Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, if a party demands a jury trial in that manner, the action shall be tried to a jury. (2) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Civil Rule 38, a demand of a jury trial in a will contest action may be withdrawn, if either of the following applies: (a) All parties to the action who are not in default of answer, consent to th...

...Persons who are necessary parties to a will contest action are as follows: (A) Any person designated in a will to receive a testamentary disposition of real or personal property; (B) Heirs who would take property pursuant to section 2105.06 of the Revised Code had the testator died intestate; (C) The executor or the administrator with the will annexed; (D) The attorney general as provided by section 109.25 of...

...On the trial of any will contest under section 2107.71 of the Revised Code, the order of probate is prima-facie evidence of the attestation, execution, and validity of the will or codicil. The contesting party may call any witness to the will as upon cross examination.

...When the jury or the court finds that the writing produced is not the will or codicil of the testator, the trial court shall allow as part of the costs of administration the amounts to the fiduciary and to the attorneys defending the purported will or purported codicil that the trial court finds to be reasonable compensation for the services rendered in the will contest action. The court shall order the amounts...

... Revised Code. A person under any legal disability nevertheless may commence an action permitted by section 2107.71 of the Revised Code to contest the validity of the will within three months after the disability is removed, but the rights saved shall not affect the rights of a purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer for value in good faith and shall not impose any liability upon a fiduciary who has acted in good fa...

...Sections 2107.71 to 2107.76 of the Revised Code apply to later wills admitted to probate.

...Guardian" means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, or welfare of an individual. "Guardian" does not include a guardian ad litem. (M) "Hospital" means a facility operated as a hospital under the laws of this or any other state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, this or any other state, or a subdivision of this or any other stat...

...Sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code are enacted to adopt the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws.

...Sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code apply to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.

...Subject to section 2108.08 of the Revised Code, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in section 2108.05 of the Revised Code by any of the following: (A) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and either of the following applies: (1) The donor is em...

...of this section. (B) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 2108.04 of the Revised Code may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has certified a willingness to make an anatomical gift be included in a donor registry. If the donor or other person is ph...

...y a record signed by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 2108.04 of the Revised Code; (2) Subject to division (C) of this section, by a record signed by another individual acting at the direction of the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 2108.04 of the Revised Code if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; (3) By a l...

...ndividual's body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part. (E) The parent of a deceased unemancipated minor who is reasonably available may revoke a refusal made by the minor.

...s, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor shall be barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 2108.05 of the Revised Code or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 2108.06 of the Revised Code. (B) A donor's revocation of an an...

... any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the following order of priority: (1) An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under division (B) of section 2108.04 of the Revised Code immediately before the decedent's death; (2) The decedent's surviving spouse; (3) The decedent's surviving adult children; (4) The decedent's surviving...

...eceiving the oral communication. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, an anatomical gift made by a person authorized to make a gift under section 2108.09 of the Revised Code may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized to make a gi...