Effective: January 13, 2012
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly
The probate judge, upon the motion of a party or the judge's own motion, may appoint a special master commissioner in any matter pending before the judge. The commissioner shall be an attorney at law and shall be sworn faithfully to discharge the commissioner's duties. When requested by the probate judge, the commissioner shall execute a bond to the state in the sum that the court directs, with surety approved by the court, and conditioned that the commissioner shall faithfully discharge the commissioner's duties and pay over all money received by the commissioner in that capacity. The bond shall be for the benefit of anyone aggrieved and shall be filed in the probate court.
The commissioner shall take the testimony and report the testimony to the court with the commissioner's conclusions on the law and the facts involved. The report may be excepted to by the parties and confirmed, modified, or set aside by the court.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile
Chapter 2101 | Probate Court - Jurisdiction; Procedure
Section 2101.01 | Probate Division - Location - Equipment - Employees.
Section 2101.02 | Judge of Probate Division - Election - Term.
Section 2101.021 | One Additional Probate Judge for Cuyahoga County.
Section 2101.022 | Jurisdiction of Marion County Probate Judge - Clerk of Probate Division.
Section 2101.023 | Adding Judge to Erie County Court of Common Pleas.
Section 2101.024 | Family Court Division of the Logan County Court of Common Pleas.
Section 2101.025 | Jurisdiction of Champaign County Probate Judge.
Section 2101.026 | Franklin County Probate Court Mental Health Fund.
Section 2101.027 | Hardin County Court of Common Pleas Judgeships.
Section 2101.03 | Bond of Probate Judge.
Section 2101.04 | Rules of Practice Submitted to Supreme Court.
Section 2101.05 | Oaths and Depositions.
Section 2101.06 | Master Commissioners - Appointment and Bond - Duties.
Section 2101.07 | Master Commissioners - Powers - Fees.
Section 2101.08 | Appointment of Court Reporters.
Section 2101.10 | Liability of Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables for Failure to Pay Over Moneys.
Section 2101.11 | Court Records - Investigators - Bond.
Section 2101.12 | Records to Be Kept - Indexes.
Section 2101.121 | Record-Keeping Methods.
Section 2101.13 | Probate Judge Shall Make Entries Omitted by His Predecessor.
Section 2101.14 | Care and Preservation of Papers - Time Stamp.
Section 2101.141 | Record Disposal.
Section 2101.15 | Probate Judge to File Itemized Account of Fees With County Auditor.
Section 2101.161 | Deposit of Prepaid and Unearned Costs.
Section 2101.162 | Computerizing Court of Paying Cost of Computerized Legal Research.
Section 2101.163 | Dispute Resolution Procedures in Probate Court.
Section 2101.164 | Fees Waived for Combat Zone Military Casualties.
Section 2101.165 | Cancellation of Uncollectible Debts.
Section 2101.17 | Fees From County Treasury.
Section 2101.18 | Fees for Other Services.
Section 2101.19 | Limitation of Charges by Probate Judge - Probate Court Conduct of Business Fund.
Section 2101.20 | Reduction of Fees.
Section 2101.21 | Fiduciary - Payment of Costs in Advance.
Section 2101.24 | Jurisdiction of Probate Court.
Section 2101.25 | Optional Jurisdiction of Probate Judge.
Section 2101.27 | Probate Judge Has Authority to Solemnize Marriage Within County.
Section 2101.30 | Jury - Drawing.
Section 2101.31 | Determination of Questions of Fact.
Section 2101.33 | Vacation and Modification of Judgments.
Section 2101.34 | Judgments by Confession.
Section 2101.37 | Judge of Court of Common Pleas to Act as Probate Judge - Compensation.
Section 2101.38 | Administration When the Probate Judge Is Interested.
Section 2101.39 | Affidavit of Disqualification.
Section 2101.40 | Dealing in Assets of Estate.
Section 2101.41 | Prohibition.
Section 2101.42 | Cases Appealable From Probate Court.
Section 2101.44 | Conduct of Election - Form of Ballot - Returns and Canvass.
Section 2101.45 | Probate Division Established - Appeals.