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... 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 to the surviving spouse and distributees. In either case, no debts incurred or contracts entered into shall involve the estate beyond the assets used in that business immediately prior to the death of the decedent without first obtaining the approval of th...

...wise provides, make application to the probate court for an order authorizing the executor or administrator to assume those duties. The application shall contain the following: (1) A brief statement of the facts upon which the application is based and any other pertinent information that the court may require; (2) A description or identification of the real property and the interest owned by the decedent at ...

... to the decedent, if it appears to the probate court that, without the executor's or administrator's fault, they remain uncollected.

...ll their ordinary services. (D) If the probate court finds, after a hearing, that an executor or administrator, in any respect, has not faithfully discharged the duties as executor or administrator, the court may deny the executor or administrator any compensation whatsoever or may allow the executor or administrator the reduced compensation that the court thinks proper.

...an executor or administrator, that the probate court considers just and reasonable shall be made for actual and necessary expenses and for extraordinary services not required of an executor or administrator in the common course of the executor's or administrator's duties. Upon the application of an executor or administrator for further allowances for extraordinary services rendered, the court shall review bo...

...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 ...

...y, no order shall be required from the probate court for the executor, administrator, or testamentary 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.

...t of an executor or administrator, the probate court, if satisfied that it would be for the best interests of the estate, may authorize the executor or administrator to sell at public or private sale, at a fixed price or for the best price obtainable, and for cash or on the terms that the court may determine, any part or all of the personal property belonging to the estate, except the following: (1) Property ...

...n and, unless otherwise directed by the probate court, after notice of the sale has been given by any of the following methods: (1) By advertisement appearing at least three times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county during a period of fifteen days next preceding the sale; (2) By advertisement posted not less than fifteen days next preceding the sale in at least five public places in the townshi...

... shall make a report of the sale to the probate court. The report shall include proof of proper notice of the sale if it was at a public auction, and, if a clerk was employed for the sale, the report shall be accompanied by a sale bill signed by the clerk.

... the personal property of an estate the probate court may authorize the executor or administrator to sell on credit, the unpaid purchase price to be secured by notes or bonds with two or more sureties and approved by the executor or administrator. An executor or administrator shall not be responsible for loss due to the insolvency of the purchaser of any of such property if it appears that such executor or administra...

... application for that authority in the probate court of the county in which the executor or administrator was appointed. Notice of the time of hearing on the application shall be given to the surviving spouse and heirs, if the decedent died intestate, and to the surviving spouse and devisees or legatees having an interest in the contract, if the decedent died testate. If the court is satisfied that it would be...

...or cancellation of the contract in the probate court of the county in which the executor or administrator was appointed, or in which the real property or any part of it is situated. If the decedent died intestate, the surviving spouse and heirs, and if the decedent died testate, the surviving spouse and devisees or legatees having an interest in the contract, if not the plaintiffs, shall, together with the pur...

... the claims in a manner approved by the probate court. Each claimant for whom assets are to be set aside shall be given notice, in the manner as the court shall order, of the hearing upon the application to set aside assets and shall have the right to be fully heard as to the nature and amount of the assets to be set aside for payment of the claim and as to all other conditions in connection with the claim. In any c...

...legatee or distributee may apply to the probate court for an order requiring the executor or administrator to distribute the assets of the estate, either in whole or in part, in cash or in kind. Upon notice to the executor or administrator, the court shall inquire into the condition of the estate, and if all claims have been paid, or adequate provision has been or can be made for their payment, the court shall ...

...trator shall obtain the approval of the probate court or the consent of all of the legatees or distributees whose interests may be affected by such distribution. A distribution in kind may be made to any beneficiary, including an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, and the surviving spouse.

...emainder interest in the property, the probate court, unless the will otherwise provides, may authorize delivery of the personal property to the person having the limited estate, with or without bond, as the court may determine; or the court may order that the property be held by the executor or some other trustee, with or without bond, for the benefit of the person having the limited estate. If bond is require...

...stment shall be made in the name of the probate judge of the court for the time being and shall be subject to the order of the judge and the judge's successors in office.

...4 of the Revised Code shall file in the probate court a memorandum thereof, with the original certificates or evidences of title representing such investment, which shall be allowed as a sufficient voucher for such payment under the order or decree. If the amount is unclaimed at the end of the period of such investment, it shall be turned into the county treasury and credited to the general fund, without liability fo...

...The probate judge with whom the certificates or evidences of title required by section 2113.65 of the Revised Code are deposited and each succeeding judge to whom they come, and the judges' sureties, shall be responsible for their safekeeping and application, as provided in sections 2113.64 to 2113.67 of the Revised Code.

...tor or administrator shall file in the probate court an itemized report of those assets, with an estimate of their value, but shall not be required to make an inventory or appraisement of the assets unless ordered to do so by the court, either upon its own motion or upon the application of any interested party.

...The several probate courts, courts of common pleas, and superior courts have the same authority over foreign executors and administrators as if they were appointed in this state.

...atees, in any court of common pleas or probate court may compel the foreign administrator or executor to secure the amounts respectively due to them and any of the foreign administrator's or executor's sureties may require indemnity on account of their liability as bail.

...foreign administrator or executor. The probate court or the court of common pleas may make any order or decree touching a foreign executor's or administrator's property and effects, or the assets of the estate, necessary for the security of those interested in the property, effects, or assets.

...3.81 of the Revised Code satisfies the probate court of the person's right to receive it, the court shall order the county treasurer or the trustee to pay it over to the person.