If you have business interests and perhaps other assets and issues, I would strongly encourage you to abandon the DIY estate planning and consult...

I would start with a Certified Specialist in Estate, Trust and Probate Law. You can find one in your area on the Ohio State Bar Association...

Mr. Ertle is exactly right. Deed rules are arcane and very finicky. You have apparently created a living trust yourself. I have had to clean up...

Without doing case law research on this issue, the short answer to your question is "probably not." The law of intestacy spells out who inherits...

It sounds as though the Court already determined the ward to be incompetent, but refused to appoint the person who applied. If so, it is likely...

Assuming you are legally competent, you are in charge of any power of attorney granted by you. If you don't know who you have designated, it will...

I'm not sure if there is any case law that expressly prevents the agent from taking this action to change beneficiaries, but unless the POA...

Montgomery County does have an attorney fee schedule, established by Local Rule. Some attorneys use the schedule and some bill on an hourly basis....

The fiduciary fee ("commission") in an Ohio probate estate is set by statute and is generally paid according to the statutory schedule unless there...

In Ohio, Wills are required to be personally signed by the person making the Will in the actual, physical presence of two witnesses, who must see...