Ohio Code § 5307.03

§ 5307.03.

A person entitled to partition of an estate may file his petition therefor in the

court of common pleas, setting forth the nature of his title, a pertinent description

of the lands, tenements, or hereditaments of which partition is demanded, and naming

each tenant in common, coparcener, or other person interested therein, as defendant.  When the title to such estate came to such person by descent or devise upon the

death of an inhabitant of this state, a partition thereof shall not be ordered by

the court within one year from the date of the death of such decedent, unless the

petition sets forth and it is proved that all claims against the estate of such decedent

have been paid, or secured to be paid, or that the personal property of the deceased

is sufficient to pay them.