Ohio Code § 5305.20
Ohio Code § 5305.20. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5305.20.
When the report provided for in section 5305.19 of the Revised Code is filed, the court of common pleas may direct the petitioner, by a sufficient deed
of conveyance, to convey to the incompetent person, to be held by such person in fee,
such proportion of the real estate described in the petition as seems just, or the
court may assign to such incompetent person, to be held by the incompetent person
during life, after the death of the spouse of such person, such proportion of the
real estate described in the petition as seems just, for the incompetent person's
support, or the court may order the petitioner to invest an amount by it fixed, in
the stock of a company, or stocks created by the laws of this state, as the court
designates, the profits, and dividends or distributions, arising from such investment
to be applied to the support and maintenance of the incompetent person after the death
of the spouse of such person. The petitioner, upon compliance with the order of the court, may sell all the real
property the petitioner is possessed of, described in the petition, free and unencumbered
of the contingent or vested right of dower of such incompetent person.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5305.20
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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