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...(A) If the court determines that an interest is not represented under this chapter or that the otherwise available representation might be inadequate, the court may appoint a representative to receive notice, give consent, and otherwise represent, bind, and act on behalf of a minor, incapacitated individual, unborn individual, or person whose identity or location is unknown. A representative may be appointed to repre...

...To achieve the settlor's tax objectives, the court may modify the terms of a trust in a manner that is not contrary to the settlor's probable intention. The court may provide that the modification has retroactive effect.

...(A) A trustee may resign upon at least thirty days' notice to the qualified beneficiaries, the settlor, if living, and all cotrustees or with the approval of the court. (B) In approving a resignation of a trustee, the court may issue orders and impose conditions reasonably necessary for the protection of the trust property. (C) Any liability of a resigning trustee or of any sureties on the trustee's bond for acts o...

...Upon acceptance of a trusteeship, the trustee shall administer the trust in good faith, in accordance with its terms and purposes and the interests of the beneficiaries, and in accordance with Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code.

...A trustee shall take reasonable steps to take control of and protect the trust property.

...If the happening of an event, including marriage, divorce, performance of educational requirements, or death, affects the administration or distribution of a trust, a trustee who has exercised reasonable care to ascertain the happening of the event is not liable for a loss resulting from the trustee's lack of knowledge.

...A trustee is not liable to a beneficiary for breach of trust if the beneficiary or the beneficiary's representative under the representation provisions of Chapter 5803. of the Revised Code consented to the conduct constituting the breach, released the trustee from liability for the breach, or ratified the transaction constituting the breach, unless the consent, release, or ratification of the beneficiary or re...

...In applying and construing Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code, a court may consider the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of those chapters among states that enact the uniform trust code.

...(A) Each beneficiary described in division (D) of section 5812.07 of the Revised Code is entitled to receive a portion of the net income equal to the beneficiary's fractional interest in undistributed principal assets, using values as of the distribution date. If a fiduciary makes more than one distribution of assets to beneficiaries to whom this section applies, each beneficiary, including one that does not receive ...

...(A) A trustee shall allocate to principal an income receipt or disbursement other than one to which division (A) of section 5812.07 of the Revised Code applies, if its due date occurs before a decedent dies in the case of an estate or before an income interest begins in the case of a trust or successive income interest. (B) A trustee shall allocate an income receipt or disbursement to income if its due date occurs o...

...(A) An amount received as interest, whether determined at a fixed, variable, or floating rate, on an obligation to pay money to the trustee, including an amount received as consideration for prepaying principal, shall be allocated to income without any provision for amortization of premium. (B) A trustee shall allocate to principal an amount received from the sale, redemption, or other disposition of an obligation t...

...If a trustee determines that an allocation between principal and income required by section 5812.32, 5812.33, 5812.34, 5812.35, or 5812.38 of the Revised Code is insubstantial, the trustee may allocate the entire amount to principal unless one of the circumstances described in division (C) of section 5812.03 of the Revised Code applies to the allocation. This power may be exercised by a cotrustee in the circumstanc...

...A trustee shall make all of the following disbursements from income to the extent that they are not disbursements to which division (B)(2) or (3) of section 5812.07 of the Revised Code applies: (A) One-half of the regular compensation of the trustee and of any person providing investment advisory or custodial services to the trustee; (B) One-half of all expenses for accountings, judicial proceedings, or other matt...

...Nothing in sections 5812.01 to 5812.52, or any other section of the Revised Code limits or restricts the definition of income in division (A) of section 5813.02 of the Revised Code or limits or restricts a governing board of an institution from requesting, or a trustee from making, distributions from an institutional trust fund in accordance with sections 5813.01 to 5813.07 of the Revised Code.

...Sections 5813.01 to 5813.07 of the Revised Code may be cited as the "institutional trust funds act."

...(A) A gift or transfer made in a manner prescribed in sections 5814.01 to 5814.10 of the Revised Code, is irrevocable and conveys to the minor indefeasibly vested legal title to the security, money, life or endowment insurance policy, annuity contract, benefit plan, real estate, tangible or intangible personal property, or other property given or, subject to the right of the owner of the policy, contract, or benefit ...

...ose rules of law and equity relating to trusts, agency, negotiable instruments, and banking apply.

...connotations under the law of property, trusts, or wills. The power includes but is not limited to powers which are special, general, limited, absolute, in gross, appendant, appurtenant, or collateral.

...(A) Absent an express agreement to the contrary, an attorney who performs legal services for a fiduciary, by reason of the attorney performing those legal services for the fiduciary, has no duty or obligation in contract, tort, or otherwise to any third party to whom the fiduciary owes fiduciary obligations. (B) Any communication between an attorney and a client who is acting as a fiduciary is privileged and protect...

...(A)(1) As used in this division, "fiduciary" means any person, association, or corporation, other than a trustee of a testamentary trust, an assignee or trustee for an insolvent debtor, or a guardian under Chapter 5905. of the Revised Code, that is appointed by and accountable to the probate court, and that is acting in a fiduciary capacity for another or charged with duties in relation to any property, interest, or ...

...A work of art that is trust property under section 5815.42 or 5815.43 of the Revised Code is not subject to the claims, liens, or security interests of the creditors of the art dealer, notwithstanding Chapters 1301. to 1310. of the Revised Code.

...This chapter may be cited as the Ohio legacy trust act.

...This chapter applies to qualified dispositions made on or after March 27, 2013, except that division (S)(1)(b)(ii) of section 5816.02 of the Revised Code applies to any legacy trust settled or administered on or after the effective date of this amendment.

...(A) A testator may file a complaint with the probate court to determine before the testator's death that the testator's will is a valid will subject only to subsequent revocation or modification of the will. The right to file a complaint for a determination of the validity of a testator's will under this chapter, or to voluntarily dismiss a complaint once filed, is personal to the testator and may not be exercised by...

...A petition for the appointment of a guardian may be filed by any relative or friend of the ward or by any person who is authorized to file such a petition. If there is no authorized person or if the authorized person fails to file such a petition within thirty days after mailing of notice by the veterans' administration to the last known address of the person indicating the necessity for such petition, a petition for...