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... for the preparation of required income tax returns for the legacy trust, or otherwise materially participates in the administration of the legacy trust. (T) "Spendthrift provision" has the same meaning as in section 5801.01 of the Revised Code. (U) "Spouse" and "former spouse" means only the person to whom a transferor was married on or before a qualified disposition is made. (V) "Transferor" means a person wh...

..., the spendthrift provision of a legacy trust may be stated as provided in division (B) of section 5805.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the spendthrift provisions of a legacy trust shall restrain both voluntary and involuntary transfer of a transferor's interest in that trust. Any spendthrift provision in a legacy trust is enforceable under any applicable nonbankruptcy...

...strument. Any written, verbal, tacit, express, or implied agreement or understanding or any other agreement or understanding purporting to grant, permit, or recognize any greater rights, powers, or interests than are provided in this section or the governing legacy trust instrument is void. Any portion of a legacy trust instrument that is not voided under this section shall remain valid and effective.

...pal to pay, in whole or in part, income taxes due on the income of the trust, including, but not limited to, any provision permitting that use in the discretion of any one or more of the qualified trustees acting in the qualified trustee's discretion or at the direction of an advisor who is acting in the advisor's discretion; (L) The ability of a qualified trustee, whether pursuant to the qualified trustee's discre...

...this section; (2) Any statements or representations in addition to those set forth in division (B) of this section if the statements or representations do not materially contradict the statements or representations required by that division; (3) Any technical errors in the form, substance, or method of administering an oath if those errors were not the fault of the affiant, and the affiant reasonably relied upon ...

...g in connection with, or the drafting, preparation, execution, administration, or funding of, a legacy trust. (E) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary but subject to division (G) of section 5816.10 of the Revised Code, and in addition to any other limitations, restrictions, or bars imposed by this section, no action of any kind, including, but not limited to, an action to enforce a judgment ent...

...subject to the proper fees, costs, and pre-existing rights, claims, and interests of the trustee and of any predecessor trustee that has not acted in bad faith. (c) For purposes of division (A)(3) of this section, no trustee shall be considered to have acted in bad faith merely because the trustee accepted the property that is the subject of the qualified disposition. (4) If the court is satisfied that a bene...

...t to the extent that the legacy trust expressly provides otherwise. (2) If a legacy trust ceases to have at least one trustee, the vacancy in the trusteeship shall be filled pursuant to section 5807.04 of the Revised Code, and the successor trustee shall be a qualified trustee unless the legacy trust instrument expressly provides otherwise.

...ilarity exists. (B) A statement in a trust instrument stating that it "shall be governed by the laws of Ohio" or other statement to similar effect or of similar import is considered to expressly incorporate the laws of this state to govern the validity, construction, and administration of that trust instrument and to satisfy division (K)(1)(b) of section 5816.02 of the Revised Code. (C) A disposition by a nonqua...

...e terms of a legacy trust instrument expressly provide otherwise.

...ded otherwise by the terms of a legacy trust instrument, each trustee and each advisor of a legacy trust shall have the greatest discretion permitted by law in connection with all matters of trust administration, all trust distributions, and all other trustee or advisor decisions.

...y interest in any property of a legacy trust to the extent that the distribution of that property is subject to the discretion of one or more qualified trustees or advisors, either acting alone or in conjunction with any other person, including any person authorized to veto any distributions from the legacy trust.

... the Revised Code applies to any legacy trust settled or administered on or after the effective date of this amendment.

... following: (a) Any person that has a present or future beneficial interest in a trust, whether vested or contingent; (b) Any person that, in a capacity other than that of trustee, holds a power of appointment over trust property, but does not include the class of permitted appointees among whom the power holder may appoint. (2) "Beneficiary under a trust" includes a charitable organization that is expressly de...

...tor's will shall be accompanied by an express written waiver of the testator's physician-patient privilege provided in division (B) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code.

...or's trust shall be accompanied by an express written waiver of the settlor's physician-patient privilege provided in division (B) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code.

...o determine the validity of a will or a trust shall be filed with the probate court. The probate judge, upon the motion of a party or the judge's own motion, may transfer the proceeding to the general division of the court of common pleas. (B) The venue for a complaint under section 5817.02 of the Revised Code is either of the following: (1) The probate court of the county in this state where the testator is domi...

...ther person in the testator's conscious presence and at the testator's express direction; (4) A statement that the will was signed in the conscious presence of the testator by two or more competent individuals, each of whom either witnessed the testator sign the will, or heard the testator acknowledge signing the will; (5) A statement that the will was executed with the testator's testamentary intent; (6) A sta...

... time the complaint is filed; (4) The trustee or trustees under the trust; (5) The beneficiaries under the trust; (6) If the trust amends, amends and restates, or replaces a prior trust, any beneficiary under the settlor's most recent prior trust. (B) A complaint under section 5817.03 of the Revised Code may name as a party defendant any other person that the settlor believes may have a pecuniary interest in...

...and the will, and a copy of the related trust, if applicable, shall be made on every party defendant named in the complaint filed under section 5817.02 of the Revised Code, as provided in the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. (B) Service of process, with a copy of the complaint and the trust, and a copy of the related will, if applicable, shall be made on every party defendant named in the complaint filed under ...

...(A) After a complaint is filed under section 5817.02 or 5817.03 of the Revised Code, the court shall fix a time and place for a hearing. (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...

...e proof of the execution of the will or trust, as 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...

...t. (B)(1) The court shall declare the trust valid if it finds all of the following: (a) The trust meets the requirements of section 5804.02 of the Revised Code. (b) The settlor had the legal capacity to enter into and establish the trust, was free from undue influence, and was not under restraint or duress. (c) The execution of the trust was not the result of fraud or mistake. (2) Unless the trust is modif...

...upon all defendants who were named or represented, and properly served pursuant to division (A) of section 5817.07 of the Revised Code, notwithstanding the failure to name a necessary defendant. However, if a person is one who should have been named a party defendant in the action in which the will was declared valid and if the person was not named a defendant and properly served in that action, that person, after th...

...(A) After a declaration of a will's validity under division (A)(1) of section 5817.10 of the Revised Code, the will may be modified by a later will or codicil executed according to the laws of this state or another state, and the will may be revoked under section 2107.33 of the Revised Code or other applicable law. (B) The revocation by a later will, or other document under section 2107.33 of the Revised Code, of a...