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Section 2127.30 | Order of sale when an equitable estate is included.

...If the order of sale set forth in section 2127.29 of the Revised Code includes real property in which the ward or the estate has an equitable interest only, the court may make an order for the appraisement and sale of that equitable estate free from dower, for the indemnity of the estate against any claim for purchase money, and for payment of the value of the dower in money, as the court considers equitable, h...

Section 2127.38 | Distribution of money received from sale of real property.

... to pay legacies; (b) To discharge the claims and debts of the estate in the order provided by law. (2) Whether the executor or administrator was appointed in this state or elsewhere, the surplus of the proceeds of sale shall be considered for all purposes as real property, and be disposed of accordingly.

Section 2127.40 | Sale by executor or administrator of real property fraudulently transferred by decedent.

...When an action is brought by an executor or administrator to sell real property to pay debts, the real property subject to sale shall include all rights and interests in real property transferred by the decedent in the decedent's lifetime with intent to defraud the decedent's creditors, except that real property fraudulently transferred cannot be taken from any person who purchased them for a valuable considera...

Section 2129.13 | Sale of real property.

...ublic rates and taxes, and other valid claims that have been presented, the ancillary administrator shall proceed to sell as much of the real property of the decedent located in this state that is necessary to pay those debts. The procedure shall be the same as in sales of real property in administration proceedings relating to the estates of resident decedents under sections 2127.01 to 2127.43 of the Revised ...

Section 2129.16 | Property not to be sold.

...pubic rates and charges, and creditors' claims filed in the state, or secures the payment of such sum to the satisfaction of the probate court. The domiciliary administrator or executor, or any other person having an interest in the estate, may likewise prevent the sale of any part of such property by paying, or securing to the satisfaction of the court the payment of, the appraised value of the property withheld fro...

Section 2129.22 | Estate discharged by payment.

...When an ancillary administrator has paid a claim against the estate of a non-resident decedent, such estate shall be fully discharged of all liability therefor.

Section 2129.23 | Distribution.

... all public charges and taxes, and all claims of creditors presented as provided in section 2129.12 of the Revised Code, have been paid, any residue of the personal property and the proceeds of any real property sold for the payment of debts shall be distributed by the ancillary administrator as follows: (A) With the approval of the court, the residue may be delivered to the domiciliary administrator or execu...

Section 2151.542 | Cancellation of uncollectible debts.

...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.

Section 2151.56 | Interstate compact for juveniles.

...The "interstate compact for juveniles" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES Article I -- Purpose The compacting states to this interstate compact for juveniles recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision or return of juveni...

Section 2303.23 | Cancellation of uncollectible debts.

...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.

Section 2305.011 | Standing of nature or ecosystem.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Nature" means the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, other features and products of the earth, the natural environment or wilderness, and generally areas that are not human or human creations, have not been substantially altered by humans, or that persist despite human intervention. (2) "Ecosystem" means a complex community of ...

Section 2305.02 | Wrongful imprisonment claim.

...The court of common pleas in the county where the underlying criminal action was initiated has exclusive, original jurisdiction to hear and determine an action or proceeding that is commenced by an individual who satisfies divisions (A)(1) to (5) of section 2743.48 of the Revised Code and that seeks a determination by the court that an error in procedure of the type described in division (A)(5) of that section occur...

Section 2305.115 | Assault or battery actions against mental health professional based on sexual conduct or contact.

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an action for assault or battery shall be brought within two years after the cause of action accrues, except as provided in division (B) of this section, if all of the following apply regarding the action, the cause of the action, and the parties to the action: (1) The action is brought against a mental health professional. (2) The assault or battery claim ass...

Section 2305.19 | Saving in case of reversal.

...(A) In any action that is commenced or attempted to be commenced, if in due time a judgment for the plaintiff is reversed or if the plaintiff fails otherwise than upon the merits, the plaintiff or, if the plaintiff dies and the cause of action survives, the plaintiff's representative may commence a new action within one year after the date of the reversal of the judgment or the plaintiff's failure otherwise tha...

Section 2305.2341 | Medical liability insurance reimbursement program.

... under the program shall be limited to claims that arise out of the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients of free clinics and centers, as defined in division (D) of this section. (B) A free clinic or federally qualified health center look-alike is eligible to receive reimbursement under the medical liability insurance reimbursement program for the premiums that the clinic or center pays for medical liabi...

Section 2305.35 | Donor not liable for injuries to gleaner.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Agency" has the same meaning as in section 2305.37 of the Revised Code. (2) "Donor" means an owner, lessee, renter, or operator of a farm or other real property who gives permission to a gleaner to enter the property to salvage free-of-charge food items remaining on the property for subsequent donations of the food items to, or subsequent distributions of the food items by, an agen...

Section 2305.37 | Person donating perishable food for distribution to needy individuals not liable for harm.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Agency" means any nonhospital, charitable nonprofit corporation that is organized and operated pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code and that satisfies all of the following, or any nonhospital, charitable association, group, institution, organization, or society that is not organized and not operated for profit and that satisfies all of the following: (a) It distributes ...

Section 2307.07 | Copy of bond.

...On tender of the proper fee, the custodian of the bond referred to in section 2307.06 of the Revised Code shall deliver a copy thereof to a person claiming to be injured. The requirements of such section are not imperative, if other provision is made by law.

Section 2307.131 | Appointment of trustee of interest of person not yet born - representing future interest of charitable trust.

...If in any action it shall appear that any persons not yet born are or may become entitled to, or may upon coming into being claim to be entitled to, any future interest, legal or equitable, whether arising by way of remainder, reversion, possibility of reverter, executory devise, upon the happening of a condition subsequent, or otherwise, in any property, real or personal, involved in such suit, the court may, and up...

Section 2307.29 | Contribution rights relation to other statutes.

...No provision of sections 2307.25 to 2307.28 of the Revised Code applies to a tort claim to the extent that sections 2307.22 to 2307.24 or sections 2315.32 to 2315.36 of the Revised Code make a party against whom a judgment is entered liable to the plaintiff only for the proportionate share of that party as described in those sections.

Section 2307.901 | Silicosis or mixed dust disease claim - multiple defendants - substantial factor test.

...(A) If a plaintiff in a tort action alleges any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to silica or mixed dust as a result of the tortious act of one or more defendants, in order to maintain a cause of action against any of those defendants based on that injury or loss, the plaintiff must prove that the conduct of that particular defendant was a substantial factor in causing the injury or loss on which the ...

Section 2307.96 | Asbestos claim - multiple defendants - substantial factor test.

...(A) If a plaintiff in a tort action alleges any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to asbestos as a result of the tortious act of one or more defendants, in order to maintain a cause of action against any of those defendants based on that injury or loss, the plaintiff must prove that the conduct of that particular defendant was a substantial factor in causing the injury or loss on which the cause of act...

Section 2315.36 | Apportionment of liability.

...If contributory fault is asserted as an affirmative defense to a tort claim, if it is determined that the plaintiff was contributorily at fault and that contributory fault was a direct and proximate cause of the injury, death, or loss to person or property that is the subject of the tort action, and if the plaintiff is entitled to recover compensatory damages pursuant to section 2315.33 of the Revised Code from more ...

Section 2317.48 | Action for discovery.

...When a person claiming to have a cause of action or a defense to an action commenced against him, without the discovery of a fact from the adverse party, is unable to file his complaint or answer, he may bring an action for discovery, setting forth in his complaint in the action for discovery the necessity and the grounds for the action, with any interrogatories relating to the subject matter of the discovery that a...

Section 2317.62 | Presenting evidence of cost of annuity in connection with any issue of recoverable future damages.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Annuity" means an annuity that would be purchased from either of the following types of insurance companies: (a) An insurance company that the A.M. Best Company, in its most recently published rating guide of life insurance companies, has rated A or better and has rated XII or higher as to financial size or strength; (b)(i) An insurance company that the superintendent of insurance...