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Wills and Probate: Estate Planning
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
Ask Questions When Pre-Paying for Funerals
-Generally, a pre-need funeral contract refers to the purchase of funeral goods and services before they are needed.
Everything You Need to Ask and Know About Wills
-This pamphlet from Pro Seniors gives the basic on what a will is, why you need one and how to put one together.
Impact Of Guardianship On Estate Planning
-This article from the Ohio State Bar Association discusses how guardianships impact estate planning.
Is a Living Trust Right For You?
- This article from the Ohio State Bar Association is designed to help you determine if you should have a living trust.
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.
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.
Understanding Gift and Estate Taxes
- This article from the Ohio State Bar Association provides a general overview of gift and estate taxes.
Other Resources
Five Reasons To Plan Your Estate Now
- We can all come up with reasons to procrastinate and avoid doing what we should. However, there are many reasons not to procrastinate when it comes to estate planning.
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Financial Power of Attorney
Guardianships
Wills
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