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2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [21] XXI COURTS - PROBATE - JUVENILE
Chapter 2107: WILLS
2107.56 [Effective Until1/13/2012] Liability in case of insolvency.


OH Rev Code § 2107.56 What's This?

When any of the persons liable to contribute toward the discharge of a testator’s debt according to sections 2107.54 and 2107.55 of the Revised Code, is insolvent, the others shall be severally liable to each other for the loss occasioned by such insolvency, each being liable in proportion to the value of the property received by him from the estate of the deceased. If any one of the persons liable dies without paying his proportion of such debt, his executors and administrators shall be liable therefor to the extent to which he would have been liable if living.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953

This section is set out twice. See also § 2107.56, as amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 52, SB 124, § 1, eff. 1/13/2012.

2107.56 [Effective1/13/2012] Liability in case of insolvency

When any of the persons liable to contribute toward the discharge of a testator’s debt according to sections 2107.54 and 2107.55 of the Revised Code, is insolvent, the others shall be severally liable to each other for the loss occasioned by the insolvency, each being liable in proportion to the value of the property received by the person from the estate of the deceased. If any one of the persons liable dies without paying the person’s proportion of the debt, the executors and administrators of the person’s estate shall be liable for that proportion to the extent to which the person would have been liable if living.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 52, SB 124, § 1, eff. 1/13/2012.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953

This section is set out twice. See also § 2107.56, effective until 1/13/2012.

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