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Legal Education

  Everything You Need to Ask and Know About Wills - This pamphlet gives the basic on what a will is, why you need one and how to put one together.  

  General Information About Probate - This article from the Ohio State Bar Association provides a general overview on what probate is and what you need to know about probate. 

  Introduction to Living Trusts - A living trust is a trust that is funded with assets and that can be amended and revoked by the person creating the trust.  

  Ohio Probate Courts - Listing of all probate courts in Ohio. 

  Preparing A Durable Financial Power of Attorney - This pamphlet explains how to assign someone to be your power of attorney for financial, personal, business, and real estate matters. 

  Transfer-On-Death Deed Avoids Probate - An Ohio law allows individuals of modest means, who do not need the tax benefits of a trust, to avoid probate on their real estate by creating a Transfer-On-Death (TOD) Deed.  

  Self-Guided Interview to Prepare Ohio Advance Directives - Use this tool to prepare valid advance directives forms in Ohio. This Advance Directives Packet: Choices, Living Well at the End of Life, was prepared by the Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, Ohio State Medical Association, the Ohio Hospital Association and the Ohio Osteopathic Association.  

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 Guardianships
 Advance Directives
 Wills & Other Related Information
 Estate Planning
 Courts and The Law
 Child Custody
 Seniors

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