Effective: January 13, 2012
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly
After letters of appointment are issued to a fiduciary, the court shall accept filings by mail in matters of estates, guardianships, or trusts, unless the court in writing notifies the fiduciary or attorney of record that a personal appearance is necessary, or a personal appearance is otherwise required by law. The court shall reject an improper or incomplete filing and shall return it to the sender.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile
Section 2109.01 | Fiduciary Defined.
Section 2109.02 | Appointment and Duties.
Section 2109.021 | Fiduciary Filings by Mail or in Person.
Section 2109.03 | Fiduciary's Attorney.
Section 2109.05 | Bond - Trust Created by Will.
Section 2109.06 | New or Additional Bond.
Section 2109.07 | Bond Conditions - Administrator - When Not Required.
Section 2109.08 | Bond Conditions - Special Administrator.
Section 2109.09 | Bond Conditions - Executor.
Section 2109.10 | Bond When Executor or Administrator Is Sole Residuary Legatee or Distributee.
Section 2109.11 | Bond Conditions - Testamentary Trustees.
Section 2109.12 | Bond Conditions - Guardians.
Section 2109.13 | Deposit of Personal Property in Lieu of Bond.
Section 2109.14 | Deposit of Works of Art in Museum Authorized - Reduction of Bond.
Section 2109.15 | Informality of Bond.
Section 2109.16 | One Bond for Two or More Wards.
Section 2109.18 | Release of a Fiduciary's Sureties.
Section 2109.19 | Bond of Indemnity to Surety.
Section 2109.20 | Guardian May Give Real Property Mortgage to Secure Bond.
Section 2109.21 | Residence Qualifications of Fiduciary.
Section 2109.22 | Marriage No Disqualification for Fiduciary.
Section 2109.24 | Resignation or Removal of Fiduciary.
Section 2109.25 | Fiduciary in Military Service - Removal and Reinstatement.
Section 2109.26 | Vacancy Before Termination of the Trust - Accounting - Successor Fiduciary.
Section 2109.27 | Surviving Fiduciaries.
Section 2109.28 | Merger of Fiduciaries.
Section 2109.29 | Rights as to Shares in Corporation.
Section 2109.30 | Accounts of Fiduciaries.
Section 2109.301 | Administrator or Executor Rendering Account.
Section 2109.302 | Guardian or Conservator Rendering Account.
Section 2109.303 | Testamentary Trustee Rendering Account.
Section 2109.31 | Citation to Fiduciary to File Account.
Section 2109.32 | Hearing on Fiduciary's Account.
Section 2109.33 | Service of Additional Notice - Exceptions to Account.
Section 2109.34 | Representation in Account Proceeding.
Section 2109.35 | Effect of Order Settling Account - Vacation of Order.
Section 2109.36 | Order of Distribution.
Section 2109.361 | Application by Beneficiary for Approval of Third-Party Distribution.
Section 2109.37 | Investment of Trust Funds by Fiduciary.
Section 2109.371 | Additional Eligible Investments.
Section 2109.372 | Holding Cash or Making Temporary Investments.
Section 2109.38 | Retaining Unauthorized Investments.
Section 2109.39 | Receiving Distribution in Kind.
Section 2109.40 | Participation in Corporate Reorganization.
Section 2109.41 | Deposit of Funds.
Section 2109.42 | Liability for Failure to Invest.
Section 2109.43 | Personal Use of Trust Property Prohibited.
Section 2109.44 | Prohibited Transactions; Purchase of Property.
Section 2109.45 | Statement Filed Before Private Sale Confirmed.
Section 2109.46 | Mortgage by Fiduciary.
Section 2109.47 | Mortgage by a Guardian.
Section 2109.48 | Amount of Loan.
Section 2109.49 | Investigation of Trust.
Section 2109.50 | Proceedings When Assets Concealed or Embezzled.
Section 2109.51 | Imprisonment for Disobeying Citation.
Section 2109.52 | Judgment on the Complaint.
Section 2109.53 | Judgment Against Fiduciary - Removal.
Section 2109.54 | Certificate of Judgment - Delivery to Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.
Section 2109.55 | Judgment in Favor of State.
Section 2109.56 | Conveyances.
Section 2109.57 | Appointment of Trustee of Funds of Unknown or Nonresident.
Section 2109.58 | Inventory by Fiduciary.
Section 2109.59 | Failure of Fiduciary to Make Payment or Distribution.
Section 2109.60 | Probate Court May Send Case to the Court of Common Pleas.
Section 2109.61 | Bond - Parties to Suit.
Section 2109.62 | Court Termination of Trust.
Section 2109.68 | Allocation of Receipts and Expenditures Between Principal and Income.
Section 2109.69 | Application of Trust Code Provisions to Testamentary Trusts.