Persons who are necessary parties to a will contest action are as follows:

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 2107.73

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.

(A) Any person designated in a will to receive a testamentary disposition of real or personal property;

(B) Heirs who would take property pursuant to section 2105.06 of the Revised Code had the testator died intestate;

(C) The executor or the administrator with the will annexed;

(D) The attorney general as provided by section 109.25 of the Revised Code;

(E) Other interested parties.