Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly (A) A probate division of the court of common pleas shall be held at the county seat in each county in an office furnished by the board of county commissioners, in which the books, records, and papers pertaining to the probate division […]
Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly Every six years, in each county having a separate judge of the probate division of the court of common pleas, one probate judge shall be elected who is qualified as required by section 2301.01 of the Revised Code. The probate judge shall […]
Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly There shall be one additional probate judge for the probate court of Cuyahoga County. The additional judge shall be elected at the general election to be held in 1954 and every six years thereafter, for a term of six years commencing on […]
Effective: January 15, 1998 Latest Legislation: House Bill 444 – 122nd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any other provision of the Revised Code, on and after February 9, 2003, the judge of the probate division of the court of […]
Effective: November 13, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 125th General Assembly The judge of the court of common pleas of Erie county who is elected in 2008, and successors, is the successor to the judge of the probate division of that court whose term expires on February 8, 2009, shall be designated as […]
Effective: April 5, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 341 – 132nd General Assembly Effective January 2, 2005, the probate judge of the court of common pleas of Logan county shall have all the powers relating to the family court division of the court of common pleas of Logan county, as established pursuant to division (CC)(1) […]
Effective: December 21, 2007 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 155 – 127th General Assembly Effective February 9, 2009, the probate judge of the court of common pleas of Champaign county shall have all the powers relating to the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division of the court of common pleas of Champaign county, as established pursuant to division (DD)(1) […]
Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 432 – 131st General Assembly (A) The probate court of Franklin county may accept funds or other program assistance from, or charge fees for services described in division (B) of this section rendered to, individuals, corporations, agencies, or organizations, including, but not limited to, the board of […]
Effective: January 9, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 312 – 133rd General Assembly (A) From January 1, 2023, through February 8, 2027, the probate judge of the court of common pleas of Hardin county shall have all the powers relating to the general division of the court of common pleas of Hardin county, shall be […]
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 – 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, the probate judge shall give a bond to the state in a sum not less than five thousand dollars. The bond shall have […]
Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly The judge or judges of the probate court shall make rules regulating the practice and conducting the business of the court, and the judge or judges shall submit those rules to the supreme court. In order to maintain regularity and uniformity in […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A probate judge may administer oaths, take acknowledgment of instruments in writing required to be acknowledged, and take depositions. Depositions taken according to sections 2319.05 to 2319.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to be used on the trial of civil cases, may […]
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 […]
Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly A special master commissioner of the probate court may administer all oaths required in the discharge of the commissioner’s duties, may summon and enforce the attendance of witnesses, may compel the production of books and papers, and may grant adjournments the same […]
Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly The probate judge may appoint court reporters and fix their compensation in the manner provided for the court of common pleas in sections 2301.18 to 2301.26 of the Revised Code.
Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly When required by the probate judge, sheriffs, coroners, and constables shall attend the judge’s court and shall serve and return process directed and delivered to them by the judge. No officer of that type shall neglect or refuse to serve and return […]
Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly No sheriff, coroner, or constable shall refuse to pay moneys collected by that officer to the probate judge or other person, when so directed by the judge. For refusal to pay over moneys collected, the officer shall be summoned as provided in […]
Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly (A)(1) The probate judge shall have the care and custody of the files, papers, books, and records belonging to the probate court. The probate judge is authorized to perform the duties of clerk of the judge’s court. The probate judge may appoint […]
Effective: August 29, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 313 – 123rd General Assembly The following records shall be kept by the probate court: (A) An administration docket, showing the grant of letters of administration or letters testamentary, the name of the decedent, the amount of bond and names of sureties in the bond, and the […]
Effective: March 13, 1986 Latest Legislation: House Bill 419 – 116th General Assembly (A) A probate court may keep and maintain records that are required by section 2101.12 or another section of the Revised Code by record-keeping methods other than bound volumes of paper pages. These record-keeping methods include, but are not limited to, photography, […]
