An executor or administrator appointed in the place of an executor or administrator who has resigned or been removed, whose letters have been revoked, or whose authority has been extinguished is entitled to the possession of all the unadministered personal effects and assets of the estate and all other funds collected and unaccounted for by the former executor or administrator, and may maintain a suit against the former executor or administrator and the former executor’s or administrator’s sureties on the administration bond to recover those effects, assets, and funds and for all damages arising from the maladministration or omissions of the former executor or administrator.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 2113.22

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent