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Wills and Probate: Guardianships
Find local court forms and rules - Use this tool to find and link to the webpages of local courts that contain that court's local rules and forms. Not all courts have a website or have posted local rules or forms to their website.
Pro Seniors - Forms Needed for Advance Directives
- This site provides links for a person to file advance directives in Ohio, living wills, and health care power of attorney.
Healthcare Power of Attorney
- From Pro Seniors.
How to Get a Copy of Your Birth Certificate - Ohio
- Pamphlet of information on how to get your birth certificate in Ohio.
Probate Court Forms
- List of probate forms approved by the Ohio Supreme Court. Read all instructions for use in individual courts.
Access to Justice (A2J) Online Self-Guided Advance Directives Form
- 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.
Legal Education
Guardian Ad Litem Protects Children's Interests
-A recent trend in the Family and Juvenile Courts has been to appoint guardians ad litem in cases involving minor children.
Impact Of Guardianship On Estate Planning
-This article from the Ohio State Bar Association discusses how guardianships impact estate planning.
Introduction to Guardianships
- A guardian is a person appointed by a probate court to be legally responsible for another person and/or for another person?s property. Learn more about guardianships from this article by the Ohio State Bar Association.
Ohio's Guardianship System
- This pamphlet explains what a guardian is and how to appoint someone as your guardian under Ohio law.
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.
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