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...al 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 conservato...

...e 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 necessity ...

...le 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 entries...

...een 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.

...ed 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 costs which may accrue therein as other nonresidents do under sections 2323.30 to 2323.36, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...ity 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.

...on 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 and if t...

...nt 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 an incom...

...r 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 ward. ...

...since August 17, 1919, by order of any court of this state shall not be declared invalid for the reason that the guardians for the incompetents were not vested with all the statutory powers given to guardians of incompetents. Those acts of guardians for incompetents are legal and effective.

...shall file a guardian's report with the court two years after the date of the issuance of the guardian's letters of appointment and biennially after that time, or at any other time upon the motion or a rule of the probate court. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the court and shall include all of the following. (a) The present address of the place of residence of the ward; (b) The present address of the...

...the courts of this state, and orders or rules of the probate court. (b) Except for the powers specified in division (E) of this section and unless otherwise provided in or inconsistent with another section of the Revised Code, the probate court may confer upon a guardian any power that this section grants to the probate court in connection with wards. Nothing in this section is intended to create or imply a duty u...

...hip for an indigent ward. If a probate court determines that there are reasonably sufficient funds in the indigent guardianship fund of the county in which the court is located to meet the needs of indigent guardianships in that county, the court, by order, may declare a surplus in the indigent guardianship fund and expend the surplus funds for other guardianship expenses or for other court purposes.

...1) of this section shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary for the efficient operation of the board and the county or multicounty guardianship services.

...erson" means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, and welfare of a ward. "Guardian of the person" does not include a guardian ad litem. (D) "Guardian of the estate" means a person appointed by the court to administer the estate of a ward. (E) "Ward" means any adult who has been adjudicated incompetent and for whom a guardian is acting or for whom the...

...Chapter 2112. of the Revised Code may be cited as the Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.

...A probate court of this state may treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of applying this chapter.

...(A) A probate court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this chapter. The probate court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the probate court shall make a record of the communication. The record may be limited to the fact that the communication occurred. (B) Probat...

...ence or give testimony pursuant to the procedures of that state; (3) Order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent; (4) Order any appropriate investigation of a person involved in the proceeding; (5) Forward to the probate court of this state a certified copy of the transcript or other record of a hearing under division (A)(1) of this section or any other proceeding, any evidence otherwise...

...ate court of this state may adopt local rules of practice that promote the use of any device or procedure to facilitate the expeditious disposition of the cases.

...(A) A probate court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if any of the following applies: (1) This state is the respondent's home state. (2) On the date that the application is filed, this state is a significant-connection state, and either of the following applies: (a) The respondent does not have a home state, or a court of the respondent's home ...

...om another state has been issued under procedures similar to section 2112.31 of the Revised Code. (B) If an application for the appointment of a guardian in an emergency is brought in this state and this state was not the respondent's home state on the date that the application was filed, the probate court shall dismiss the proceeding at the request of the court of the home state, if any, whether dismissal is...

... 2112.22 of the Revised Code, a probate court that has appointed a guardian or issued a protective order consistent with this chapter has exclusive and continuing jurisdiction over the proceeding until it is terminated by the probate court or the appointment or order expires by the appointment's or order's own terms.