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...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...

...ted to record unless it is offered for probate within three months after the death of the testator.

...Unless it has been admitted to probate or record, as provided in sections 2107.01 to 2107.62 or 2129.05 to 2129.07 of the Revised Code, no will is effectual to transfer real or personal property.

...he notice of the admission of a will to probate required by section 2107.19 of the Revised Code may commence an action permitted by section 2107.71 of the Revised Code to contest the validity of the will more than three months after the filing of the certificate described in division (A)(3) of section 2107.19 of the Revised Code. No other person may commence an action permitted by section 2107.71 of the Revised...

...d Code apply to later wills admitted to probate.

... occurs: (1) The person dies. (2) A probate court declares or determines that the person is incompetent. (3) The person resigns or declines to exercise the right as described in section 2108.88 of the Revised Code. (4) The person fails to exercise the right within forty-eight hours after notification of the declarant's or deceased person's death or, if there is no notification, within seventy-two hours of eit...

...nt or deceased person are spouses and a probate court, on the motion of any other person or its own motion, determines that the declarant's or deceased person's spouse and the declarant were estranged at the time of the declarant's or deceased person's death. As used in this division, "estranged" means that a declarant's or a deceased person's spouse and the declarant or deceased person were physically and emotionall...

...ivision (A) or (B) of this section, the probate court of the county in which the declarant or deceased person resided at the time of death shall make the decision in accordance with the criteria set forth in division (B) of section 2108.82 of the Revised Code.

... receive letters of appointment from a probate court having jurisdiction of the subject matter of the trust. The duties of a fiduciary shall be those required by law, and such additional duties as the court orders. Letters of appointment shall not issue until a fiduciary has executed a written acceptance of the fiduciary's duties, acknowledging that the fiduciary is subject to removal for failure to perform t...

...of the Revised Code, shall file in the probate court in which the letters are to be issued a bond with a penal sum in an amount that is fixed by the court, but in no event less than double the probable value of the personal property and of the annual real property rentals that will come into the possession or under the control of the person as a fiduciary. The bond of a fiduciary shall be in a form approved by...

...When considered necessary by the probate court and not otherwise directed in the will, a bond, as provided by sections 2109.01 to 2109.58 of the Revised Code, shall be required in all trusts created by will and not fully discharged, on the petition of an interested person and after notice to the trustee. If the trustee fails to give bond within the time ordered by the court, the court shall remove the trustee ...

...The probate court that appoints a fiduciary may, on its own motion or on the application of any interested party, and after notice to the fiduciary, require a new bond or sureties or an additional bond or sureties whenever, in the opinion of the court, the interests of the trust demand it. Immediately upon the filing of the inventory by a fiduciary, the court shall determine whether the amount of the bond of t...

...ioned as follows: (1) To file with the probate court within the time required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code an inventory of all tangible and intangible personal property of the deceased that is to be administered and that comes to the administrator's possession or knowledge and an inventory of the deceased's interest in real property located in this state; (2) To administer and distribute according to...

...ioned as follows: (A) To file with the probate court within three months an inventory of the tangible and intangible personal property of the deceased that has or may come to the special administrator's possession or knowledge; (B) To account for the tangible and intangible personal property of the deceased and for the debts of the deceased that the special administrator receives as special administrator, whenever ...

...ioned as follows: (1) To file with the probate court within the time required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code an inventory of all the tangible and intangible personal property of the testator that is to be administered and that comes to the executor's possession or knowledge and an inventory of the testator's interest in real property located in this state; (2) To administer and distribute according to ...

...ollows: (A) To make and return to the probate court within the time required by section 2109.58 of the Revised Code a true inventory of all moneys, rights, credits, other personal property, and real property belonging to the trust that come to the trustee's possession or knowledge; (B) To administer and distribute according to law and the will of the testator all moneys, rights, credits, other personal prope...

...f applicable, to make and return to the probate court within the time required by section 2111.14 of the Revised Code a true inventory of all moneys, rights, credits, other personal property, and real property belonging to the ward that come to the guardian's possession or knowledge; (B) To administer and distribute according to law all moneys, rights, credits, other personal property, and real property belong...

...case in which a bond is required by the probate court from a fiduciary and the value of the estate or fund is such that the court deems it inexpedient to require security in the full amount prescribed by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code, the court may direct the deposit of any suitable personal property belonging to the estate or fund with a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or trust...

...py and not one copy for each minor. The probate court approving and recording the bond of the guardian, if any, and issuing such letters shall charge the fees allowed by section 2101.16 of the Revised Code for such services. Such fees shall be charged but once for all the wards and not once for each ward.

...f a surety on the fiduciary's bond the probate court granting letters of appointment to the fiduciary may order the fiduciary to render an account and to execute to the surety a bond of indemnity with sureties approved by the court. Upon neglect or refusal to execute the bond within the time ordered, the court may remove the fiduciary, revoke the fiduciary's letters of appointment, and appoint another fiduciar...

...The guardian first shall furnish to the probate court a title guarantee or a mortgagee's title insurance policy for the benefit of the guardianship, with respect to the real property, and it shall be shown to the court's satisfaction that, exclusive of improvements on the real property, the real property is of a value sufficient to secure the bond. The mortgage shall be recorded in the county in which the prope...

...The probate court at any time may accept the resignation of any fiduciary upon the fiduciary's proper accounting, if the fiduciary was appointed by, is under the control of, or is accountable to the court. The fiduciary may resign by filing a written statement with the court after giving at least fifteen days notice to the persons known to be interested in the estate. Upon notice or a motion of the fiduciary to...

... it appears to the satisfaction of the probate court that a fiduciary is unable to perform the fiduciary's duties because the fiduciary is engaged or is about to engage in military service as defined by this section, the court may remove the fiduciary and appoint a substitute or authorize the remaining fiduciaries to execute the trust. That action may be taken on the court's own motion or on the application of ...

...or to the termination of the trust, the probate court shall require a final account of all dealings of the trust to be filed by the fiduciary if a living person and able to act. If the fiduciary is a living person but unable to act, the final account shall be filed by the fiduciary's guardian or, if there is no guardian, by some other suitable person in the fiduciary's behalf, appointed or approved by the court...

...sses a contrary intention or unless the probate court on the application of persons interested in the trust determines otherwise. The remaining fiduciaries shall within ninety days after the death, resignation, or removal of a cofiduciary, file in the court a complete account covering all matters to the time of such death, resignation, or removal.