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Ohio Elder Law Attorney Answers: “What Assets Can My Spouse Keep if I Enter a Nursing Home Under Medicaid?”

In Ohio, elder law attorneys can use a Medicaid asset protection plan to help clients keep more assets if they need Medicaid to cover Ohio nursing home costs. Without advance Ohio Medicaid estate planning, a claimant’s spouse can only keep half… Read More

Ohio Probate Process & the Probate Court - Part II

Here, we answer some of the most frequently asked questions about probate court and probate laws that we receive at our Dayton, Ohio probate attorneys’ office. In this part of the series we’ll answer the following basic questions about pr… Read More

Ohio Probate Law & the Probate Process - Part I

Ohio probate law answers: This article is one in a four-part series in which we will answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the probate process and laws that we receive at our Dayton, Ohio probate attorneys’ office. To start the s… Read More

Administration of Estate: Information the Executor Must Gather

The administration of an estate requires that all of a decedent’s assets and possessions be identified, inventoried and distributed to the decedent’s creditors and beneficiaries. This job, which is handled by the executor of the estate, requires… Read More

Estate Planning Seminars

Gudorf Law Group has announced its free, estate planning seminar schedule for 2012. The firm will be offering two free seminars per month through December 2012. Each seminar is led by the firm’s owner, Attorney Ted Gudorf, and is held at Company 7… Read More

One Executor of Estate or Two?

Do multiple executors of an estate have advantages over a single executor? When making a will, many people ask their Ohio probate lawyer whether they should name more than one executor to oversee the probate of their estate. The question commonly ari… Read More

Proving a Lost or Destroyed Will in an Ohio Probate Court

Getting a spoiled, lost or destroyed will to be accepted by an Ohio probate court can be done, but it is a difficult process that requires testimony and other evidence to prove that the will existed and was not destroyed by the testator in order to r… Read More

Duties of the Executor

The duties of the executor during the probate of an estate include keeping detailed records of the estates assets and finances. Probate law requires that all estate assets and transactions involving estate funds be recorded and reported to the probat… Read More

Requirements for Creating a Will that is Valid in Ohio

Our Ohio probate attorneys frequently gets asked about the requirements for creating a will. The question arises because many people have heard about cases in which someone’s last will and testament was ruled as invalid and the court probated t… Read More

Avoid Probate in Ohio — Common Methods for Escaping the High Cost, Hassle and Public Scrutiny of the Probate Process

To avoid probate in Ohio, probate attorneys and estate planning attorneys use a variety of strategies available under probate law to transfer the ownership of assets directly to beneficiaries upon a person’s death. The most efficient and reliab… Read More