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...Upon complaint made to the probate court of the county having jurisdiction of the administration of an estate, a testamentary trust, or a guardianship or of the county where a person resides against whom the complaint is made, by a person interested in the estate, testamentary trust, or guardianship or by the creditor of a person interested in the estate, testamentary trust, or guardianship against any person s...

...answer interrogatories propounded, the probate court shall commit the person to the county jail, and the person shall remain in close custody until the person submits to the court's order.

...ction 2109.50 of the Revised Code, the probate court shall determine, by the verdict of a jury if either party requires it or without if not required, whether the person accused is guilty of having concealed, embezzled, conveyed away, or been in the possession of moneys, personal property, or choses in action of the estate, testamentary trust, or guardianship. If the person is found guilty, the probate court s...

... the fiduciary shall be removed by the probate court. If any portion of the estate, testamentary trust, or guardianship remains to be administered by the probate court at the time of the removal of the fiduciary, the court shall appoint a new fiduciary to continue the administrative process. A fiduciary that is removed shall not receive compensation for acting as fiduciary and shall be charged for the amount o...

...or a judgment has been rendered by the probate court under section 2109.52 of the Revised Code shall deliver to the clerk of the court of common pleas a certificate of that judgment in accordance with section 2329.04 of the Revised Code. The probate court shall complete and deliver the certificate to the fiduciary on demand. The clerk shall issue an execution of the court of common pleas for the amount of the ...

...n to the prosecuting attorney that the probate court allows.

...All gifts, grants, or conveyances of real property, rents, or personal property and all bonds, judgments, or executions made or obtained with intent to avoid the purpose of the proceedings set forth in sections 2109.50 to 2109.55 of the Revised Code, or in contemplation of any examination or complaint provided for by those sections, shall be void.

...e time, definitely be ascertained, the probate court may appoint a trustee to whom the notes and mortgages for the unpaid part shall be made, delivered, and paid and to receive, hold, and manage the proceeds or part of the proceeds. The trustee shall collect the unpaid part of the proceeds of the property sold, by action or otherwise, and shall pay over that fund only on the order of the probate court appointi...

...itness may be examined under oath. The probate court shall enter its finding on the journal and tax the costs as may be equitable.

... petition against the fiduciary in the probate court from which the fiduciary received the fiduciary's appointment to enforce the payment or distribution, briefly setting forth in the petition the amount and nature of the creditor's or other person's claim or interest. The petition shall not be filed against an executor or administrator until the expiration of the period prescribed in section 2117.30 of the Re...

... of the Revised Code is pending in the probate court, the court, on motion of any party or on the court's own motion, may transfer the cause to the court of common pleas, and the court of common pleas shall hear, settle, and determine all issues as provided in that section. In case of the transfer, the probate court shall prepare a transcript of the proceedings in the cause, so far as it has progressed, that, ...

...An action may be prosecuted on the bond of a fiduciary against any one or more of the obligors on the bond by any person who has been injured by reason of the breach of any condition of the bond. The action shall be prosecuted for the benefit of all persons who are interested in the estate and who have been similarly injured. Any such person or any obligor on the bond who is not already a party to the action ma...

... to be distributed from an estate being probated to a trust and the termination of the trust pursuant to this section does not clearly defeat the intent of the testator, the probate court has jurisdiction to order the outright distribution of the property or to make the property custodial property under sections 5814.01 to 5814.10 of the Revised Code. A probate court may so order whether the motion for the order is m...

...Allocation of receipts and expenditures between principal and income by an executor, administrator, or testamentary trustee shall be as prescribed in sections 5812.01 to 5812.52 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the provisions of Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code apply to testamentary trusts except to the extent that any provision of those chapters conflicts with any provision of Chapter 2109. of the Revised Code, or with any other provision of the Revised Code, that applies specifically to testamentary trusts and except to the extent that any provision of Chapters 5801....

...iation, or corporation appointed by the probate court to have the care and management of the person, the estate, or both of an incompetent or minor. When applicable, "guardian" includes, but is not limited to, a limited guardian, an interim guardian, a standby guardian, and an emergency guardian appointed pursuant to division (B) of section 2111.02 of the Revised Code. "Guardian" also includes an agency under contrac...

...(A) The clerk of the probate court shall furnish a guardianship guide, prepared e ither by the attorney general w ith the approval of the Ohio judicial conference or b y the Ohio judicial conference under division (B) of this section, to a guardian at either of the following times, whichever is applicable: (1) Upon the appointment of the guardian under section 2111.02 of the Revised Code; (2) If the guardian was ...

...(A) If found necessary, a probate court on its own motion or on application by any interested party shall appoint, subject to divisions (C) and (D) of this section and to section 2109.21 and division (B) of section 2111.121 of the Revised Code, a guardian of the person, the estate, or both, of a minor or incompetent, provided the person for whom the guardian is to be appointed is a resident of the county or has...

... is physically infirm may petition the probate court of the county in which the petitioner resides, to place, for a definite or indefinite period of time, the petitioner's person, any or all of the petitioner's real or personal property, or both under a conservatorship with the court. A petitioner either may grant specific powers to the conservator or court or may limit any powers granted by law to the conserv...

...(A) A probate court, on its own motion or on application of an interested party, may issue an emergency ex parte order freezing the financial assets of an individual whom the court or applicant has reason to believe is missing or has gone or been taken to another state if it is reasonably certain that immediate action is required to prevent significant financial harm to the individual. The order may freeze the ...

...f the Revised Code, shall file with the probate court an application that contains a statement of the whole estate of the ward, its probable value, and the probable annual rents of the ward's real property, and that also contains the following: (A) A statement whether the applicant ever has been charged with or convicted of any crime involving theft, physical violence, or sexual, alcohol, or substance abuse, and, if...

... not affect or apply to the duties of a probate court investigator under sections 2111.04 and 2111.041 of the Revised Code.

...ed until at least seven days after the probate court has caused written notice, setting forth the time and place of the hearing, to be served as follows: (1) In the appointment of the guardian of a minor, notice shall be served as follows: (a) Upon the minor, if over the age of fourteen, by personal service; (b) Upon each parent of the minor whose name and address is known or with reasonable diligence can be...

...ode, the court shall require a regular probate court investigator appointed or designated under section 2101.11 of the Revised Code or appoint a temporary probate court investigator to investigate the circumstances of the alleged incompetent, and, to the maximum extent feasible, to communicate to the alleged incompetent in a language or method of communication that the alleged incompetent can understand, the a...

... minor, the court may appoint a regular probate court investigator appointed or designated under section 2101.11 of the Revised Code or appoint a temporary probate court investigator to investigate the need for, or the circumstances of, the guardianship and to file with the court a report that contains all of the following: (1) A brief description, as observed by the investigator, of the physical and mental conditio...