Rule 60 APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER ESTATE AND NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

(A) Notice of an application for appointment of administrator shall be served at least seven days prior to the date set for hearing.  If there is no known surviving spouse or next of kin resident of the state, the notice shall be served upon persons designated by the court.

 

(B) The administrator shall give notice of the appointment within seven days after the appointment to all persons entitled to inherit, including persons entitled to an allowance for support, unless those persons have been provided notice of the hearing on the appointment or have waived notice.

 

(C) The probate court shall serve by certified mail the spousal citation and summary of rights required by R. C. 2106.02 to the surviving spouse within 7 days of the initial appointment of the administrator or executor, unless a different time is established by local court rule.

 

B.C.L.R. 60.1 STANDARD PROBATE FORM 1.0 FILING REQUIREMENT (INTESTATE)

(A) A fully completed list of the Surviving Spouse, Children, Next of Kin, Legatees, and Devisees (Standard Probate Form 1.0) shall be filed with each Application for Authority to Administer Estate (Standard Probate Form 4.0). [In estates in which an Application to Probate Will (Standard Probate Form 2.0) has been filed with an accompanying Standard Probate Form 1.0, it will not be necessary to file a second Standard Probate Form 1.0.]

 

(B) If during the administration of an estate the executor or administrator, or, in those cases in which an application to relieve the estate from administration has been filed the applicant, discovers that any information set forth on the Standard Probate Form 1.0 is incorrect, the executor,  administrator, or applicant shall promptly file an amended Standard Probate Form 1.0 setting forth the correct information.