Recent Probate Legislation
127th General Assembly (2007 - 2008) |
These summaries are listed for information purposes only and should not be read as the law. Anyone interested in the subject matter of these summaries may review the enacted statutes. |
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Amended Substitute HB 53 - Revised Code Language |
| Effective date: 08/07/07
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SUMMARY – Amends certain sections of the Ohio Revised Code to replace outdated terms. Specifically replaces outdated terms such as "lunatic," "habitual drunkard," "idiot," "imbecile," or "insane person," with terms such as "incompetent," "incompetent person," or "ward." |
| Amended Substitute HB 119 - Budget Bill |
| Effective date: 06/30/2007 |
SUMMARY - To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2009, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs. Creates an income tax deduction for qualified expenses incurred by a taxpayer in making an organ donation. The deduction shall not exceed $10,000. This section was part of a separate bill (HB 25), which was later merged into the Budget Bill. |
| Substitute HB 372 - Veterans Taxes |
| Effective date: 03/24/2008 |
SUMMARY - Exempts estates of members of the United States Armed Services who died while serving in a combat zone from being charged any fees associated with the filing of the decedent's will for probate or the administration of the decedent's estate or any fees for relieving the estate from administration or granting an order for summary release from administration. A combat zone is defined as an area that is designated by the President for purposes of 26 U.S.C. 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United States or the national guard are engaging or have engaged in combat. Places discretion in the probate judge to require documentation, such as a military casualty report or IRS list of combat zones, in determining whether to exempt an estate from fees. |
| Amended Substitute SB 7 - Eminent Domain |
| Effective date: 10/10/07 |
SUMMARY - Implements the recommendations of the Eminent Domain Task Force and creates procedures to protect property owners' rights. Specifically changes the procedures for actions brought by private or public agencies to appropriate land; these actions may be brought in the general division or probate division of the common pleas courts in the county in which the land sought to be appropriated is located. Defines "blight" for the purposes of eminent domain proceedings and prohibits non-elected entities from pursuing eminent domain without the approval of appointing authorities. |
| Amended SB 20 - Adoption Tax Credit |
| Effective date: 08/30/07
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SUMMARY – Increases the income tax adoption credit from $500 per child to $1,500 per child adopted. Also allows an adoptive family to use the credit over a three-year period of time to allow lower-income adoptive families to realize the full amount of the credit. |
| SB 134 - Trust Law |
| Effective date: 01/17/08 |
SUMMARY - Provides that memoranda of trust be executed and acknowledged only by the trustee of the trust instead of both the settlor and trustee. |
