Ohio Code § 2107.54
Ohio Code § 2107.54. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2107.54.
(A) When real or personal property, devised or bequeathed, is taken from the devisee
or legatee for the payment of a debt of the testator, the other devisees and legatees
shall contribute their respective proportions of the loss to the person from whom
the payment was taken so that the loss will fall equally on all the devisees and legatees
according to the value of the property received by each of them. If, by making a specific devise or bequest, the testator has exempted a devisee or
legatee from liability to contribute to the payment of debts, or if the will makes
a different provision for the payment of debts than the one prescribed in this section,
the estate shall be applied in conformity with the will. (B) A devisee or legatee shall not be prejudiced by the fact that the holder of a claim
secured by lien on the property devised or bequeathed failed to present the claim
to the executor or administrator for allowance within the time allowed by sections 2117.06 and 2117.07 of the Revised Code , and the devisee or legatee shall be restored by right of contribution, exoneration,
or subrogation, to the position the devisee or legatee would have occupied if the
claim had been presented and allowed for the sum that is justly owing on it. (C) A devisee of real property that is subject to a mortgage lien that exists on the
date of the testator's death, who does not have a right of exoneration that extends
to that lien because of the operation of division (B) of section 2113.52 of the Revised Code , has a duty to contribute under this section to devisees and legatees who are burdened
if the claim secured by the lien is presented and allowed pursuant to Chapter 2117.
of the Revised Code. (D) This section does not affect the liability of the whole estate of the testator for
the payment of the testator's debts. This section applies only to the marshaling of the assets as between those who hold
or claim under the will.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2107.54
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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