{"id":1660,"date":"2019-09-27T20:43:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T20:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/probatestars.com\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2020-08-14T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:16:52","slug":"how-to-contest-a-will-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/probatestars.com\/how-to-contest-a-will-in-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Contest a Will in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1660\" class=\"elementor elementor-1660\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70bc9cdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70bc9cdd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42d83053\" data-id=\"42d83053\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59767de2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59767de2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 11-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A will can be contested in an Ohio probate proceeding on the following grounds:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Lack of Proper Formalities<\/li><li>Undue Influence<\/li><li>Lack of Capacity<\/li><li>Revocation\/Later Will<\/li><\/ul><h6>\u00a0<\/h6><h2><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Lack of Proper Formalities\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2><p><span class=\"s1\">A will can be contested in Ohio if it is not executed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/probatestars.com\/how-do-you-make-a-valid-will-in-ohio\/\">required formalities<\/a>. In order to make a valid will in Ohio, the will (1) shall be in writing, but may be handwritten or typewritten, (2) shall be signed at the end by the testator or by some other person in the testator\u2019s conscious presence and at the testator\u2019s express direction, and (3) shall be attested and subscribed in the conscious presence of the testator, by two or more competent witnesses, who saw the testator subscribe, or heard the testator acknowledge the testator\u2019s signature.\u00a0 <i><a href=\"https:\/\/codes.ohio.gov\/orc\/2107.03v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section 2107.03 Ohio Code<\/a>.<\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cConscious presence\u201d requires that the subscribing and attesting witnesses be in the testator&#8217;s range of vision or that the testator hear and understand that the witnesses are subscribing and attesting the will at the time they are doing so.\u00a0 <i>Whitacre v. Crowe.<\/i><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Even if a will is not executed in conformance with section 2107.03, the will might still be considered valid.\u00a0 If an executed document purports to be a will, but it is not executed as set forth above, the document will still be considered a will if the Ohio probate court, after holding a hearing, finds that the proponent of the document as a will has established that:\u00a0 (1) the decedent prepared the document or caused the document to be prepared, (2) the decedent signed the document and intended the document to be the decedent\u2019s will, and (3) the document was signed in the conscious presence of two or more witnesses.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/codes.ohio.gov\/orc\/2107.24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>2107.24 Ohio Code.<\/i><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p><h2><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Undue Influence<\/b><\/span><\/h2><p><span class=\"s1\">A will can be held invalid in Ohio if it is the result of undue influence.\u00a0 The elements of undue influence as related to a contested will are: \u201c1) a susceptible testator; 2) another&#8217;s opportunity to exert undue influence; 3) undue influence actually exerted or attempted; and 4) the resulting effect.\u201d\u00a0 <i>Golub v. Golub<\/i>.\u00a0 Undue influence must be brought to bear directly upon the act of making the will.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In many cases, the undue influencer will upset a long-established estate plan where the bulk of the estate was to pass to the direct descendants or other close relatives of the decedent. Some undue influencers are new friends or acquaintances of the decedent who \u201cbefriend\u201d the decedent in the last months or years of life, typically after the decedent has suffered some decline in mental ability. In other situations, one child of the decedent, often a caregiver will coerce the decedent to write the other children out of the will. Undue influencers can also be health care workers or live in aides who implicitly or explicitly threaten to withhold care unless the estate plan is changed in favor of the health care worker.\u00a0 However, \u201c[t]he fact that the testator \u2026disposes of his property in an unnatural manner, unjustly, or unequally, and however much at variance with expressions by the testator concerning relatives or the natural objects of his bounty, does not invalidate the will, unless undue influence was actually exercised on the testator.\u201d <i>Golub v.<\/i> Golub.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Lack of capacity<\/b><\/span><\/h2><p><span class=\"s1\"><b> <\/b>A will can be contested in Ohio if the testator lacked testamentary capacity. <\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTestamentary capacity exists when the testator has sufficient mind and memory: First, to understand the nature of the business in which he is engaged; Second, to comprehend generally the nature and extent of his property; Third, to hold in his mind the names and identity of those who have natural claims upon his bounty; Fourth, to be able to appreciate his relation to the members of his family.\u201d <i>Niemes v. Niemes<\/i>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"s1\">Typically, incompetence is established through a prior medical diagnosis of dementia, Alzheimer\u2019s, or psychosis, or through the testimony of witnesses as to the irrational conduct of the deceased around the time the will was executed.\u00a0\u00a0 A will in Ohio can be declared void if lack of capacity can be proven.<\/span><\/p><h2><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Revocation \/ Later Will<\/b><\/span><\/h2><p><span class=\"s1\">A will can be contested in Ohio on the basis that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/probatestars.com\/how-do-you-revoke-a-will-under-ohio-law\/\">revoked<\/a>.\u00a0 A will in Ohio can be revoked:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ol><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By the testator by tearing, canceling, obliterating, or destroying it with the intention of revoking it;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By some person, at the request of the testator and in the testator&#8217;s presence, by tearing, canceling, obliterating, or destroying it with the intention of revoking it;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By some person tearing, canceling, obliterating, or destroying it pursuant to the testator&#8217;s express written direction;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By some other written will or codicil, executed as prescribed by this chapter;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By some other writing that is signed, attested, and subscribed in the manner provided by this chapter. <a href=\"http:\/\/codes.ohio.gov\/orc\/2107.33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<i>2107.33(A).<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><h6>\u00a0<\/h6><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Therefore, if someone offers a will for probate, and you have a later, inconsistent will or an instrument declaring the will revoked and properly signed and attested, you have grounds to challenge the earlier will as revoked.<\/span><\/p><h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>How long do I have to contest a will in Ohio? <\/b><\/span><\/h2><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The time to contest a will in Ohio can be short.\u00a0 If you have received or waived the right to receive the notice of the admission of the will to probate, you have three months after the filing of the certificate of giving notice or waiver of notice to file a will contest.\u00a0 <i>2107.76, Ohio Code.\u00a0 <\/i>The exception to this time period is if you suffered a disability during this time period that prevented you from acting. If so, you have three more months to contest the will after you regain the ability to do so.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A will can be contested in an Ohio probate proceeding on the following grounds: Lack of Proper Formalities Undue Influence Lack of Capacity Revocation\/Later Will \u00a0 Lack of Proper Formalities\u00a0\u00a0 A will can be contested in Ohio if it is not executed with the required formalities. 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