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The Trustee Learning Center
Learn what Ohio law actually provides — in plain language, on the real statutes — before you decide anything. The library states the law and recommends nothing.
The guides
Getting started · 6 min read
You were named successor trustee. What does Ohio law expect?
Accepting the office, the duties from day one, the two 60-day notices, and the estate beside the trust.
Core duties · 6 min read
The duty to inform and report under Ohio law
The response to a request, the copy of the instrument, the report at least annually and its recipients, the waiver and the surrogate, and the two-year period a report can start.
Core duties · 5 min read
Prudent administration and the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act
The prudent person standard, the prudent investor rule, diversification, the review of assets, and judgment without hindsight.
Distributions · 6 min read
Distributions, discretion and "per stirpes" under Ohio law
The standard for discretionary distributions, the contest period and the reserve, deceased beneficiaries, and what per stirpes means in Ohio.
Money · 5 min read
Trustee compensation under Ohio law
The instrument's terms or reasonable compensation, the court's power to adjust, the advance notice of a change, reimbursement of expenses, and the local rule for court trustees.
The office · 5 min read
Serving as co-trustees under Ohio law
Majority rule among three or more, delegation between cotrustees, liability for a cotrustee's breach, vacancies, and how cotrustees sign.
The office · 5 min read
Delegation, agents and professionals under Ohio law
What may be delegated, the care owed in selecting and supervising agents, employing professionals, and powers held by others under the instrument.
Core duties · 4 min read
Records, receipts and separate accounts under Ohio law
Adequate records, separate property, what the report draws on, the court account with vouchers, and titling to the trustee.
Disputes · 5 min read
When beneficiaries disagree: Ohio's tools
The private settlement agreement, the court's jurisdiction and instructions, arbitration clauses, the optional closing process, and the remedies for breach.
Closing · 6 min read
Ending a trust under Ohio law
The report at termination, the distribution and the reserve, the thirty-day proposal, the optional closing process, the uneconomic trust and the periods that follow.
The library, by question
What does the role ask of me?
Notices and accountings
Money: fees and costs
Timelines, property, and closing
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