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...Upon the 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 ...

...ominated 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 letters testamentary to the other executor, ...

...When a person nominated as executor is 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 admitt...

...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.

...When there is delay in granting letters testamentary or of administration, the probate court may appoint a special administrator to collect and preserve the effects of the deceased and grant the special administrator any other authority that the court considers appropriate. The special administrator shall collect the assets and debts of the deceased and preserve them for the executor or administrator who ther...

...testamentary or of administration, the power of a special administrator appointed under section 2113.15 of the Revised Code shall terminate and the special administrator shall transfer to the executor or administrator all the assets of the deceased in the possession or under the control of the special administrator. The special administrator shall file an account of the special administration within thirty day...

...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) The probate court may remove any executor or administrator if there are unsettled claims existing between the executor or administrator and the estate that the court thinks may be the subject of controversy or litigation between the executor or administrator and the estate or persons interested in the estate. (B) The probate court may remove any executor or administrator upon motion of the surviving spous...

...When a sole executor or administrator dies without having fully administered the estate, the probate court shall grant letters of administration, with the will annexed 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.

...If a will of a deceased is proved and allowed after letters of administration have been granted as of an intestate estate, the first administration shall be revoked, 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 t...

...(A) When a will is contested, the executor, the administrator de bonis non, with the will annexed, or the testamentary trustee may, during the contest, do the following: (1) Control all the real property and all the personal property of the testator not administered before the contest; (2) Collect the debts and convert all assets into money, except those that are specially bequeathed; (3) Pay all taxes on the...

...An executor or administrator appointed in the place of an executor or administrator who has resigned or been removed, whose letters have been revoked, or whose authority has been extinguished is entitled to the possession of all the unadministered personal effects and assets of the estate and all other funds collected and unaccounted for by the former executor or administrator, and may maintain a suit against t...

...When letters of administration are revoked, when an executor or administrator, or administrator with the will annexed, is removed, resigns, or dies, when a will is declared invalid, or when an election to take under section 2105.06 of the Revised Code is made by or for a surviving spouse, all previous sales, leases, encumbrances, whether of real or personal property, made lawfully and in good faith by the executor or...

...The executor or administrator of an estate shall collect the assets and complete the administration of that estate within six months after the date of 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.

...The court, upon application of any interested party, may authorize the examination of the executor or administrator under oath in open court on any matter relating to the administration of the estate.

...(A) Except as otherwise directed by the decedent in the decedent's will, an executor or administrator, without personal liability for losses incurred, may continue the decedent's business during four months next following the date of the appointment of that executor or administrator, unless the probate court directs otherwise, and for any further time that the court may authorize upon a hearing and after notice...

...Every executor or administrator is chargeable with all assets of the deceased that come into the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator and are to be administered, 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 de...

...lication the court may allow reasonable attorney fees paid by the executor or administrator when an attorney is employed in connection with the management and rental of the real property that shall be charged against the rents, and if the rents are insufficient, shall be a charge against the real property.

...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.

...An executor or administrator 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.

...If an executor or administrator neglects to sell personal property that is required to be sold, and retains, consumes, or disposes of it for 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.

...(A) Executors and administrators shall be allowed fees upon the amount of all the personal property, including the income from the personal property, that is received and accounted for by them and upon the proceeds of real property that is sold, as follows: (1) For the first one hundred thousand dollars, at the rate of four per cent; (2) All above one hundred thousand dollars and not exceeding four hundred thousand...

...nary and extraordinary services. If an attorney has been employed in the administration of the estate, reasonable attorney fees paid by the executor or administrator shall be allowed as a part of the expenses of 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 p...

...The probate court, in settlement of an account, may allow as a credit to the following persons a just 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 ...

...ary trustee to proceed with the sale. A power to sell authorizes a sale for any purpose considered by the executor, administrator, or testamentary trustee to be for the best interest of the estate, unless the power is expressly limited by the will or devise.