Logan County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Filing Rules

The fiduciary and attorney must file the required charitable-trust notice and a copy of the Will with the Ohio Attorney General, and endorse a statement of compliance on the application.

Interested persons must be notified of an inventory or account hearing by regular U.S. mail 10 days before the hearing, unless they waived notice or their names or addresses cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, as indicated by an affidavit of fiduciary.

Costs for a guardianship of the person only are due at the Guardian's report.

An application to extend the filing time for an accounting or inventory will not be accepted after a citation notice is issued.

Pleadings and other papers may be filed with the Probate Clerks’ Office by fax at the stated number, subject to the conditions that follow.

Motions for continuances must be submitted in writing with adverse parties’ approval three days before the scheduled hearing, unless good cause is shown and supported by affidavit.

Copied microfilm filings will not be accepted if they cannot produce a clear copy after the county microfilms them.

Facsimiles exceeding 10 pages are not accepted.

An ILC evaluator may satisfy the approval-information requirement by emailing the required information to Beckie Schmelzer.

The clerk may redact personal identifiers when filing, with the filer’s consent.

An application to appoint a Special Administrator must be filed together with an Application for Authority to Administer Estate.