A surviving spouse is entitled to two automobiles outside of the probate process. The two automobiles can be transferred to the surviving spouse with a death certificate and an affidavit. The two automobiles may not exceed $40,000. Additional automobiles, in…
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A spouse has the right to stay in the house for one year without paying rent. A surviving spouse has the right to purchase the house from the estate at its appraised value. In addition, the surviving spouse may take…
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A surviving spouse has a right to elect against the will and to take the share he or she would have been entitled to if there was no will. If for example, the will left the estate to a trust…
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Ohio Law has written a will for those people who die without one. The law is called the Statute of Decent and Distribution. If you have no will, then you have died intestate. This law outlines who receives your estate. …
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