No part of the assets of a deceased shall be retained by an executor or administrator in satisfaction of the executor’s or the administrator’s own claim, until it has been proved to and allowed by the probate court. That debt is not entitled to preference over others of the same class.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 2117.01

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Probate: Proving a will