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...rested in any suit or proceeding in the probate court, such guardian shall in all such suits or proceedings act as guardian ad litem for such ward, except as to suits or proceedings in which the guardian has an adverse interest. Whenever a minor or other person under legal disability, for whom no guardian of the estate or of the person and estate has been appointed, is interested in any suit or proceeding in such cou...

...If the probate court finds that the estate of a ward is insolvent or will probably be insolvent, such estate shall be settled by the guardian in like manner as for the settlement of the insolvent estate of a deceased person under section 2117.15 of the Revised Code.

...estate only, without application to the probate court, may lease the possession or use of any real property of the ward for a term not exceeding three years, provided the term does not extend beyond the minority, if the ward is a minor. If the lease extends beyond the death of the ward or beyond the removal of the disability of a ward other than a minor, the lease shall terminate on that death or removal of dis...

...on the terms and for the time that the probate court approves any lands belonging to the ward containing coal, gypsum, petroleum oil, natural gas, gravel, stone, or any other mineral substance for the purpose of drilling, mining, or excavating for and removing any of those substances, or the guardian may modify or change in any respect any lease previously made. The lease, or modification or change in a lease...

...A guardian's application for authority to lease real property of a ward shall be by petition setting forth the following: (A) The legal capacity of the petitioner; (B) The name of the ward, the character of the ward's disability, and if it is incompetence, whether the disability is curable or not, temporary, or confirmed, and its duration; (C) The number, names, ages, and residence of the family of the ward,...

...In an application for authority to lease real property of a ward under sections 2111.26 and 2111.27 of the Revised Code, the guardian may act for two or more wards and two or more guardians of different wards may unite if all the wards are jointly or in common interested in the real property. If the same person is guardian of two or more wards owning lands in common, the wards may be joined as defendants in the...

...When a guardian files an application for authority to lease the real property of a ward, the same rules shall apply as to the parties and, upon the filing of the petition described in section 2111.27 of the Revised Code, similar proceedings shall be had as in an action to sell real property belonging to the ward under sections 2127.01 to 2127.43 of the Revised Code, including services of summons, notice, apprai...

...raisers shall report in writing to the probate court their opinion as to the probability of the lands containing those substances, the probable quantity of the substances, and the terms upon which it would be advantageous to the ward to lease the lands for mining or removing the substances. In their report the appraisers shall state whether in their opinion, the proposed lease will be for the best interests of ...

... estate to lease the real property, the probate court shall make an order authorizing the lease to be made by public or private letting, as it considers best, on the terms, covenants, conditions, and stipulations, either in accordance with those set forth in the petition or otherwise, that it directs, provided the terms, covenants, conditions, and stipulations are not less favorable to the ward than those repor...

... lease the guardian shall report to the probate court the amount thereof and the court shall then fix a bond which will cover such royalty. At any time the court deems the bond insufficient to secure the royalty, it may increase such bond or require a new one.

...roperty. The guardian shall file in the probate court in which the guardian was appointed a petition containing the following: (1) A description of the premises to be improved; (2) The amount of rent the premises yield at the time the petition is filed; (3) In what manner the improvement is proposed to be made; (4) The proposed expenditures for the improvement; (5) The rent the premises will probably yield wh...

...01 to 2127.43 of the Revised Code. The probate court shall appoint three disinterested freeholders of the county as commissioners to examine the premises to be improved, to examine the surroundings, and to report to the court their opinion whether the improvement proposed will be advantageous to the estate of the ward.

... prayer of the petition is granted, the probate court shall fix the amount of money and personal property that may be used in making the improvement. The court may authorize the guardian to unite with the owners of adjacent property, upon equitable terms and conditions that the court approves, for the improvement of the premises of the ward and for the proper management and repair of the property when so improv...

...uardian shall distinctly report to the probate court the amount of money and personal property expended in making an improvement to the ward's real property under section 2111.35 of the Revised Code, within forty days after the improvement is completed. If the ward dies before the removal of the disability and there are heirs who inherit real property only from the ward, the money expended shall descend and pas...

...r personal property in this state, the probate court of the county in which the property or a part of it is situated may appoint a resident guardian of the ward to manage, collect, lease, and take care of the ward's property. The appointment may be made whether or not a ward has a guardian, trustee, or other conservator in the state of the ward's residence, and, if the ward has a guardian, trustee, or other co...

...ng to the ward. Unless removed by the probate court, a resident guardian of a nonresident minor shall hold that appointment until the minor dies or arrives at the age of majority, whether or not the minor is over fourteen years of age at the time of appointment. A resident guardian of any other nonresident ward shall hold that appointment until the death of the ward or until the court is satisfied that the ne...

...shall file a petition or motion in the probate court by which the resident guardian was appointed. The resident guardian shall be given thirty days' notice of the time of hearing on the petition or motion, and the foreign representative shall produce an exemplification under the seal of the office, if there is a seal, of the proper court of the state of the foreign representative's residence containing all the ...

...an has been appointed for the ward, the probate court shall remove the resident guardian previously appointed and require an immediate settlement of the account of the resident guardian previously appointed.

...If a guardian is appointed by a court of another state or territory or by a foreign country for a nonresident ward, and the ward is entitled to money or other property in the custody of an executor, administrator, or other person in this state, the executor, administrator, or other person may deliver the money or other property to the guardian of the nonresident ward.

...Wards living outside this state and owning lands within it are entitled to the benefit of Chapters 2101. to 2131., inclusive, of the Revised Code. Guardians appointed by foreign courts for nonresident wards may bring and maintain actions and enforce the collection of judgments rendered in such cases in their favor in the manner and to the extent that they could if appointed in this state, upon giving security for the...

...l security that may be approved by the probate court of the county in which the application is made shall be required from the guardian if considered necessary.

...The marriage of a ward shall terminate the guardianship as to the person, but not as to the estate, of the ward.

... selection is made and approved by the probate court and the person selected is appointed and qualified, the powers of the former guardian shall cease. The former guardian's final account as guardian shall then be filed and settled in court. Upon the termination of a guardianship of the person, estate, or both of a minor before the minor reaches eighteen years of age, if a successor guardian is not appointed ...

...ppointment were improperly issued, the probate court shall order that the guardianship of an incompetent terminate and shall make an appropriate entry upon the journal. Thereupon the guardianship shall cease, the accounts of the guardian shall be settled by the court, and the ward shall be restored to the full control of the ward's property as before the appointment. Such entry terminating the guardianship of ...

...idence or legal settlement therein, the probate court having jurisdiction over the guardian and the ward, may, on its own motion, or on motion of the guardian or any interested party, with the consent of the probate court of the county to which such ward has removed, transfer the jurisdiction over said guardian and ward to such probate court, provided it appears that such transfer would be in the best interest of the...

...If it appears at the hearing of a child that any person has abused or has aided, induced, caused, encouraged, or contributed to the dependency, neglect, or delinquency of a child or acted in a way tending to cause delinquency in such child, or that a person charged with the care, support, education, or maintenance of any child has failed to support or sufficiently contribute toward the support, education, and mainten...

...As used in sections 2151.45 to 2151.455 of the Revised Code, "emancipated young adult" and "representative" have the same meanings as in section 5101.141 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The juvenile court of the county, to which either of the following applies regarding an emancipated young adult described under division (A)(1) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code, may exercise jurisdiction over the emancipated young adult for purposes of sections 2151.45 to 2151.455 of the Revised Code: (1) The county in which the emancipated young adult resides; (2) The county in which the emancipated ...

...A juvenile court shall do both of the following regarding an emancipated young adult described under division (A)(1) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code: (A) Not later than one hundred eighty days after the voluntary participation agreement becomes effective, make a determination as to whether the emancipated young adult's best interest is served by continuing the care and placement with the department of chi...

...If any determination required under section 2151.452 of the Revised Code is not timely made, the federal payments for foster care under division (A)(1) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code for the emancipated young adult shall be suspended. The payments shall resume upon a subsequent determination that reasonable efforts have been made to prepare the emancipated young adult for independence, but only if both of t...

...For purposes of a determination under section 2151.452 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth or its representative may file any documents and appear before the court in relation to such filings. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an emancipated young adult from obtaining legal representation pursuant to section 2151.455 of the Revised Code.

...(A) An emancipated young adult is entitled to representation by legal counsel at all stages of proceedings conducted under section 2151.45 to 2151.455 of the Revised Code. (B) If, as an indigent person, the emancipated young adult is unable to employ counsel, the emancipated young adult is entitled to have counsel provided pursuant to Chapter 120. of the Revised Code. (C) If an emancipated young adult appears wit...

...As used in sections 2151.46 to 2151.4610 of the Revised Code: (A) "Community organization" means an organization that provides services, including recreation, mental health care, and academic support, for a child placed in foster care. (B) "Emergency department" includes a hospital emergency department and freestanding emergency department. (C) "Freestanding emergency department" has the same meaning as in sect...

...(A) If a child is under the care and supervision of a residential facility and presents to an emergency department or is admitted to a hospital for an injury or mental health crisis, the emergency department or hospital shall do both of the following: (1) Communicate with the public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of the child about the visit. Except for care that a child has c...

...Notwithstanding Chapter 3798. of the Revised Code and to the extent permitted by federal law, if a child is under the care and supervision of a residential facility and presents to an emergency department or is admitted to a hospital for an injury or mental health crisis, the emergency department or hospital shall report the visit to the Ohio resilience through integrated systems and excellence (OhioRISE) program, if...

...If a child is under the care and supervision of a residential facility and has an investigative interaction with a law enforcement officer, regardless of whether a police report is generated pertaining to the child, the law enforcement officer shall notify the operator of the residential facility and the public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of the child of the interaction.

...If a child is under the care and supervision of a residential facility and has an interaction with a law enforcement officer that results in a police report being generated pertaining to the child, the residential facility shall report the interaction to the department of children and youth and provide the department a copy of the police report.

...Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish all of the following: (A) A standardized procedure under which an emergency department, hospital, or law enforcement officer provides notification under sections 2151.461 and 2151.463 of the Revised Code; (B) Time frames for an...

...Prior to a child's placement in a residential facility or not later than ninety-six hours after a child's placement in a residential facility as a result of an emergency placement in accordance with section 2151.31 of the Revised Code or a change in the child's case plan in accordance with section 2151.412 of the Revised Code, a public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of a child s...

...(A) A public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of a child who is under the care and supervision of a residential facility shall conduct a monthly in-person visit to the residential facility to determine the well-being of the child. The agency shall maintain documentation of each visit and report concerns about the child to the department of children and youth in accordance with rul...

...(A) A public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of a child who is under the care and supervision of a residential facility shall review the placement of the child if any of the following occur: (1) The child presents to an emergency department or is admitted to a hospital for an injury or mental health crisis. (2) A police report is generated with regard to the child. (3) Duri...

...Each public children services agency and private child placing agency shall establish a twenty-four-hour emergency on-call procedure to respond to contact from emergency departments, hospitals, law enforcement officers, and first responders regarding emergencies involving a child in the agency's custody.

...(A) The operator of a residential facility shall notify a public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of a child of any service that a community organization provides or seeks to provide to a child under the care and supervision of the residential facility. All services that a community organization provides to a child under this section shall receive prior approval from the public ch...

...In every case of conviction under sections 2151.01 to 2151.54 of the Revised Code, where imprisonment is imposed as part of the punishment, the juvenile judge may suspend sentence, before or during commitment, upon such condition as the juvenile judge imposes. In the case of conviction for nonsupport of a child who is receiving aid under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, if the juvenile judge suspends sentence on co...

...When, as a condition of suspension of sentence under section 2151.49 of the Revised Code, bond is required and given, upon the failure of a person giving such bond to comply with the conditions thereof, such bond may be forfeited, the suspension terminated by the juvenile judge, the original sentence executed as though it had not been suspended, and the term of any sentence imposed in such case shall commence from th...

...The sections of the Revised Code and rules relating to appeals on questions of law from the court of common pleas shall apply to prosecutions of adults under this chapter, and from such prosecutions an appeal on a question of law may be taken to the court of appeals of the county under laws or rules governing appeals in other criminal cases to such court of appeals.

...Any person coming within sections 2151.01 to 2151.54 of the Revised Code may be subjected to a physical examination by competent physicians, physician assistants, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse practitioners, and a mental examination by competent psychologists, psychiatrists, and clinical nurse specialists that practice the specialty of mental health or psychiatric mental health to be appointed by ...

...The juvenile court shall tax and collect the same fees and costs as are allowed the clerk of the court of common pleas for similar services. No fees or costs shall be taxed in cases of delinquent, unruly, dependent, abused, or neglected children except as required by section 2743.70 or 2949.091 of the Revised Code or when specifically ordered by the court. The expense of transportation of children to places to which ...

...(A)(1) The juvenile judge may determine that, for the efficient operation of the juvenile court, additional funds are required to computerize the court, to make available computerized legal research services, or both. Upon making a determination that additional funds are required for either or both of those purposes, the judge shall do one of the following: (a) If the judge is clerk of the court, charge one ad...

...If at any time the court finds that an amount owing to the court is due and uncollectible, in whole or in part, the court may direct the clerk of the court to cancel all or part of the claim. The clerk shall then effect the cancellation.