Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 2108 | Human Bodies or Parts Thereof
Section 2108.82 | Assignment of Right of Disposition by Probate Court.

Effective: September 13, 2022
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 224 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding section 2108.81 of the Revised Code and in accordance with division (B) of this section, the probate court for the county in which the declarant or deceased person resided at the time of death may, on its own motion or the motion of another person, assign to any person the right of disposition for a declarant or deceased person.
(B) In making a determination for purposes of division (A) of this section and division (C) of section 2108.79 of the Revised Code, the court shall consider the following:
(1) Whether evidence presented to, or in the possession of the court, demonstrates that the person who is the subject of the motion and the declarant or deceased person had a close personal relationship;
(2) The reasonableness and practicality of any plans that the person who is the subject of the motion may have for the declarant's or deceased person's funeral, burial, cremation, or final disposition, including the degree to which such plans allow maximum participation by all persons who wish to pay their final respects to the deceased person;
(3) The convenience and needs of other families and friends wishing to pay their final respects to the declarant or deceased person;
(4) The express written desires of the declarant or deceased person.
(C) The personal representative of either the declarant or the deceased person does not have a greater claim to the right of disposition than such persons otherwise have pursuant to law.
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