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...administrator's appointment, unless the probate court grants an extension of time for good cause shown, the executor or administrator shall file with the court an inventory of the decedent's interest in real property located in this state and of the tangible and intangible personal property of the decedent that is to be administered and that has come to the executor's or administrator's possession or knowledge....

...ction 2115.02 of the Revised Code, the probate court shall issue an order requiring the executor or administrator, at an early day specified in the order, to return an inventory. After personal service of the order by a person authorized to make the service, if the executor or administrator, by the day appointed, does not return the inventory or fails to obtain further time from the court to return it, or if t...

...Not less than five days previous thereto, a written notice stating the time and place of making the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code, must be served by the executor or administrator on the surviving spouse, but such notice may be waived in writing by such surviving spouse.

...After giving the notice required in section 2115.04 of the Revised Code, the executor or administrator, with the aid of the appraiser, if an appraisement is to be made, shall make the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code.

...been dispensed with by an order of the probate court, shall be appraised by one suitable disinterested person appointed by the executor or administrator, subject to the approval of the court and sworn to a faithful discharge of the trust. The executor or administrator, subject to the approval of the court, may appoint separate appraisers of property located in any other county and appoint separate appraisers fo...

...Before proceeding to the execution of their duties, the appraisers of a decedent's estate shall agree that they will truly, honestly, and impartially appraise the estate and property exhibited to them and perform the other duties required in the premises according to the best of their knowledge and ability. In the presence of the surviving spouse, next of kin, legatees, devisees, or creditors of the testator or inte...

...The inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code shall contain a particular statement of all securities for the payment of money that belong to the deceased and are known to the executor or administrator. The inventory shall specify the name of the debtor in each security, the date, the sum originally payable, the endorsements on the securities with their dates, the serial numbers or other identify...

...The emblements raised by labor, whether severed or not from the land of the deceased at the time of the decedent's death, are assets in the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator and shall be included in the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code. The executor or administrator, or the person to whom the executor or administrator sells the emblements, at all reasonab...

...The discharge or bequest, in a will, of a debt or demand of a testator against an executor named in the will, or against any other person, is not valid as against the decedent's creditors, but is only a specific bequest of that debt or demand. The amount of the debt or demand shall be included in the inventory of the credits and effects of the deceased and, if necessary, that amount shall be applied in the paym...

...The naming of a person as executor in a will shall not operate as a discharge or bequest of a just claim that the testator had against that executor. The claim shall be included among the assets of the deceased in the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code. The executor shall be liable for it as for so much money in the possession or under the control of the executor at the time that debt or ...

...or who shall return the original to the probate court.

...ection 2115.02 of the Revised Code, the probate court shall set a day, not later than one month after the day the inventory was filed, for a hearing on the inventory. The executor or administrator may serve notice of the hearing, or may cause the notice to be served, upon any person who is interested in the estate. The probate court, after notice to the executor or administrator, either upon the motion of any ...

...e Revised Code has been approved by the probate court, the appraisement of the real property as set forth in the inventory shall be conclusive for all purposes except estate tax, unless a reappraisal is ordered by the court.

... has been proved to and allowed by the probate court. That debt is not entitled to preference over others of the same class.

...nistrator has against the estate to the probate court for allowance. The claim shall not be paid unless allowed by the court. When an executor or administrator presents a claim amounting to five hundred dollars or more, the court shall fix a day not less than four nor more than six weeks from its presentation, when the testimony touching it shall be heard. The court shall issue an order directed to the executor...

...tor or administrator represents to the probate court for allowance, the court on its own motion, or on motion by any interested party, may appoint an attorney to represent the estate, who shall receive the compensation from the estate that may be fixed by the court. The court shall require the executor or administrator to make available to the attorney, for use in connection with the proceeding, all documents ...

... from a final order or judgment of the probate court upon a matter of law by any person affected by the order or judgment.

... of or against a decedent's estate, the probate court, upon hearing on such application and after reasonable notice has been given to all persons who would be adversely affected thereby as determined by the court, may authorize or direct the executor or administrator to compromise and settle such claim on such terms as the court deems to be for the best interest of the estate. The court may dispense with the notice o...

...or the executor or administrator in the probate court records for the estate of the decedent, in a writing; (b) To the probate court in a writing that includes the probate court case number of the decedent's estate; (c) In a writing that is actually received by the executor or administrator, or by an attorney who is identified as counsel for the executor or administrator in the probate court records for the estat...

...the appropriate box on the appropriate probate form that gives notice to the administrator of the medicaid estate recovery program to indicate compliance with the requirements of division (B) of this section. (D) The administrator of the medicaid estate recovery program shall present a claim for estate recovery to the person responsible for the estate of the decedent or the person's legal representative not l...

...An executor or administrator may accelerate the bar against claims against the estate established by section 2117.06 of the Revised Code by giving written notice to a potential claimant that identifies the decedent by name, states the date of the death of the decedent, identifies the executor or administrator by name and mailing address, and informs the potential claimant that any claims the claimant may have against...

...When a claim is presented against the estate of a deceased person, the executor or administrator may require satisfactory written proof in support of it and also the affidavit of the claimant that the claim is justly due, that no payments have been made on the claim, and that there are no counterclaims against it to the claimant's knowledge. The affidavit shall set forth any security held for the payment of the...

... persons, who shall be approved by the probate judge. Upon filing the agreement of reference in the probate court of the county in which the letters testamentary or of administration were issued, the judge shall docket the cause and make an order referring the matter in controversy to the referees selected. The referees shall proceed to hear and determine the matter and make their report to the court. The re...

...The failure of the holder of a valid lien upon any of the assets of an estate to present the lienholder's claim upon the indebtedness secured by the lien, as provided in this chapter, shall not affect the lien if the same is evidenced by a document admitted to public record, or is evidenced by actual possession of the real or personal property that is subject to the lien.

...An executor or administrator, or a distributee who receives the presentation of a claim as provided in division (A)(2) of section 2117.06 of the Revised Code, shall reject a creditor's claim against the estate by giving the claimant written notice of the disallowance of the claim. The notice shall be given to the claimant pursuant to Civil Rule 73. Notice by mail shall be effective on delivery of the mail at the a...