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The Constitution of Ohio is the foremost source of state law. Laws may be enacted through the initiative process. Legislation is enacted by the Ohio General Assembly, published in the Laws of Ohio, and codified in the Ohio Revised Code.
Funeral trust: A financial vehicle that allows people to pay for anticipated funeral expenses ahead of time. Depending on the terms of the trust and where the money is held, it could also earn ...
A borrowing statute is applied where a plaintiff sues in a state different from the state where the act that is the basis of the lawsuit occurred. [2] For example, if a person is injured in a car accident in state A, that person may sue the at-fault driver in state B (presuming state B has jurisdiction, usually because it is the driver's home ...
A Totten trust (also referred to as a "Payable on Death" account) is a form of trust in the United States in which one party (the settlor or "grantor" of the trust) places money in a bank account or security with instructions that upon the settlor's death, whatever is in that account will pass to a named beneficiary. For example, a Totten trust ...
The duties of the courts are outlined in Article IV, Section 4. Each of Ohio's 88 counties has a court of common pleas. The Ohio General Assembly (the state legislature) has the power to divide courts of common pleas into divisions, and has done so, establishing general, domestic relations, juvenile, and probate divisions:
Personal trust law developed in England at the time of the Crusades, during the 12th and 13th centuries. In medieval English trust law, the settlor was known as the feoffor to uses, while the trustee was known as the feoffee to uses, and the beneficiary was known as the cestui que use, or cestui que trust .
A Missouri man pleaded guilty to stealing money from people who thought they were saving for their funerals. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said Thomas Brandtonies Jr., is supposed to pay ...
During the Funeral Rule Workshop in DC last September, a National Funeral Directors & Morticians Board member admitted, "I was one of those people very hesitant [to post prices online].” His ...