Estate and Probate Attorney in Cincinnati Ohio » probate judge http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com Cincinnati Probate Attorneys: Elliott Stapleton, D. Todd Rush, and John Cornetet Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:48:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 Probate Court http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com/overview/probate-court/ http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com/overview/probate-court/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:10:05 +0000 http://032b5f3.netsolhost.com/wordpress/?p=19 Read more]]> Probate Court in Ohio has jurisdiction over the process of administering a person’s estate when they die.  It has jurisdiction over will contest, mental health proceedings, guardianships, and it issues marriage licenses.  In the larger counties, the Probate Court is a separate part of the Common Pleas Court system.  It has its own Judge who handles only these matters.  In the smaller counties, a Judge will handle probate, criminal, and civil matters and there is not a separate Judge for probate.

]]> http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com/overview/probate-court/feed/ 0 Estate Planning Verses No Planning http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com/overview/estate-planning-verses-no-planning/ http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com/overview/estate-planning-verses-no-planning/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:08:58 +0000 http://032b5f3.netsolhost.com/wordpress/?p=17 Read more]]> About fifty percent of those who die in the State of Ohio die without a will.  If you die without an estate plan, you give up control over who inherits your estate, who is appointed the administrator of your estate, and who is appointed guardian for your minor children.  Further, having no estate plan can:

  • increase the cost of the administration
  • delay the process
  • create litigation
  • fail to provide for your family
  • increase estate taxes and income taxes

Without disability documents, you will provide no instructions for managing your affairs if you become incompetent, nor provide instructions concerning your health care and end of life decisions.

As you will see throughout this site, it is far better to deal with these issues in an estate plan while you are alive rather than leaving these important decisions up to the Court.  Without an estate plan, the decisions are made for you by the laws of Ohio and the Probate Judge in your county.

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