Anderson's Ohio Probate Practice and Procedure

VOLUME ONE: TEXT/CHECKLIST/OUTLINES

Probate Court: Jurisdiction and Procedures

Chapter 1: Development of the Probate Court
Chapter 2: Jurisdiction of the Probate Court
Chapter 3: Procedures of the Probate Court
Chapter 4: Application of the Rules of Civil Procedure to the Probate Court
Chapter 5: Summary of Estate Administration Procedures

Estate Administration

Chapter 6: Will Contests
Chapter 7: Notice Procedures
Chapter 8: The Will; Existence and Location
Chapter 9: Admitting the Will to Probate
Chapter 10: Appointing the Fiduciary
Chapter 11: General Duties of the Fiduciary (Executors, Administrators, Trustees, and Guardians)
Chapter 12: Collection of Assets
Chapter 13: Inventory and Appraisement
Chapter 14: Presentation of Claims and Payment of Debts
Chapter 15: Rights of the Surviving Spouse
Chapter 16: Real Estate; Evidence of Title; Certificate of Transfer
Chapter 17: Descent and Distribution; Heirs
Chapter 18: Construction of the Will
Chapter 19: Sale of Property, Personal and Real
Chapter 20: Investments
Chapter 21: Distributions
Chapter 22: Accounts
Chapter 23: Estate Tax
Chapter 24: Death, Incapacity, Resignation and Removal of Fiduciary
Chapter 25: Ancillary Administration, Land Sales by Foreign Executors, Administrators, and Testamentary Trustees
Chapter 26: Relief From Administration and Summary Release from Administration
Chapter 27: Wrongful Death

Guardianship Administration

Chapter 28: Appointment of Guardian
Chapter 29: Powers and Duties of the Guardian
Chapter 30: Administering the Ward's Estate
Chapter 31: Nonresident Ward or Guardian
Chapter 32: Termination of Guardianship
Chapter 33: Guardian Ad Litem

Care and Treatment of the Mentally Handicapped

Chapter 34: The Protective and Legal Rights Services
Chapter 35: Hospitalization or Institutionalization of Mentally Handicapped Persons
Chapter 36: Involuntary Hospitalization
Chapter 37: Guardianship and the Mentally Handicapped

Trusts

Chapter 38: Miscellaneous Statutory Trusts
Chapter 39: Overview of Testamentary Trusts
Chapter 40: Appointment, Inventory, and Accounts
Chapter 41: Rule Against Perpetuities
Chapter 42: The Ohio Trust Code: General Provisions and Definitions; Judicial Proceedings
Chapter 43: Representation, For Purposes of the Ohio Trust Code
Chapter 44: Creation, Validity, Modification, and Termination Of Trusts
Chapter 45: Creditor's Claims; Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts
Chapter 46: Revocable Trusts
Chapter 47: Office of Trustee; Duties and Powers Of Trustee
Chapter 48: Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing With Trustee

Miscellaneous

Chapter 49: Adoption
Chapter 50: Marriage
Chapter 51: Change of Name
Chapter 52: Power of Attorney
Chapter 53: Presumed Decedents Law
Chapter 54: Voluntary Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors
Chapter 55: Illegitimacy and Inheritance
Chapter 56: Vital Statistics
Chapter 57: Road and Sewer Appeals
Chapter 58: Mortality Tables; Present Value Tables
Chapter 59: Living Will
Chapter 60: Anatomical Gifts
Chapter 61: Right of Disposition

Checklist for the Attorney for a Personal Representative

Outlines of Procedure in the Probate Court

VOLUME TWO: FORMS

Forms Correlating with Text Chapters in Volume One

Standard Probate Forms

Ohio Estate Tax Forms and Estate Tax Bulletins

Index to Volumes 1 and 2