Ohio Code § 2113.49

§ 2113.49.

When a person who has entered into a written contract for the sale and conveyance

of an interest in real property dies before its completion, the executor or administrator

of the decedent's estate, if not required to otherwise dispose of the contract, may

file a complaint for the alteration or cancellation of the contract in the probate

court of the county in which the executor or administrator was appointed, or in which

the real property or any part of it is situated.  If the decedent died intestate, the surviving spouse and heirs, and if the decedent

died testate, the surviving spouse and devisees or legatees having an interest in

the contract, if not the plaintiffs, shall, together with the purchaser, be made parties

defendant. If, upon hearing, the court is satisfied that it is for the best interests of the

estate, it may, with the consent of the purchaser, authorize the executor or administrator

to agree to the alteration or cancellation of the contract, and to execute and deliver

to the purchaser the instruments required to make the order of the court effective.  Before making its order, the court shall cause to be secured, to and for the benefit

of the estate of the deceased, its just part of the consideration of the contract.  The instruments executed and delivered pursuant to the court's order shall recite

the order, and be as binding on the heirs and other parties in interest, as if made

by the deceased prior to death.