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...When the jury or the court finds that the writing produced is not the will or codicil of the testator, the trial court shall allow as part of the costs of administration the amounts to the fiduciary and to the attorneys defending the purported will or purported codicil that the trial court finds to be reasonable compensation for the services rendered in the will contest action. The court shall order the amounts...

...No person who has received or waived the right to receive the 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 com...

...Sections 2107.71 to 2107.76 of the Revised Code apply to later wills admitted to probate.

...Guardian" means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, or welfare of an individual. "Guardian" does not include a guardian ad litem. (M) "Hospital" means a facility operated as a hospital under the laws of this or any other state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, this or any other state, or a subdivision of this or any other stat...

...Sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code are enacted to adopt the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws.

...Sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code apply to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.

...Subject to section 2108.08 of the Revised Code, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in section 2108.05 of the Revised Code by any of the following: (A) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and either of the following applies: (1) The donor is em...

...an anatomical gift; (5) Following the procedure in division (B) of this section. (B) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 2108.04 of the Revised Code may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has certified a willingness to make an anatomical gift b...

...(A) Subject to section 2108.08 of the Revised Code, an anatomical gift made under section 2108.04 of the Revised Code may be amended by any of the following means: (1) By a record signed by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 2108.04 of the Revised Code; (2) Subject to division (C) of this section, by a record signed by another individual acting at the direction of the d...

...(A) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by doing any of the following: (1) Indicating a refusal in a record signed by either of the following: (a) The individual; (b) Subject to division (B) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual, if the individual is physically unable to sign. (2) Indicating a refusal by any form of comm...

...(A) Subject to division (F) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor shall be barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 2108.05 of the Revised Code or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under ...

...(A) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, and unless barred by section 2108.07 or 2108.08 of the Revised Code, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made in the manner provided for under section 2108.10 of the Revised Code by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the following o...

...om the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient.

...omical gift may be used, the following rules apply: (1) If the part is an eye and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift shall pass to the appropriate eye bank. (2) If the part is tissue and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift shall pass to the appropriate tissue bank. (3) If the part is an organ and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation o...

... A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to any of the following: (1) Disciplinary action under a collective bargaining agreement, if the person is covered by a collective bargaining agreement entered into under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code; (2) Disciplinary action under section 124.34 of the Revised Code, if the...

...(A) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. (B) On or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the...

...(A) When a hospital employee or agent refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the bureau of motor vehicles and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides to ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical gift. The bureau of motor vehicles shall allow...

...Subject to division (I) of section 2108.11 and sections 2108.26 to 2108.272 of the Revised Code, the rights of the person to which a part passes under section 2108.11 of the Revised Code shall be superior to the rights of all others with respect to the part. The person may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part. Subject to the terms of the document of gift and sections 2108.01 to 2...

...cedent's death shall participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part from the decedent.

...Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall, for valuable consideration, knowingly purchase or sell a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death. (B) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or...

...No person shall intentionally falsify, forge, conceal, deface, or obliterate a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal in order to obtain a financial gain.

...o do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding. (B) Neither the person making the anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.

...In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in division (A)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of section 2108.09 of the Revised Code relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is...

...(A) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with any of the following: (1) Sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code; (2) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; (3) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a resident or national at the time the document of gift was executed. (B) If a docum...