If an action to sell real property is brought by an executor or administrator with the will annexed, if in the will of the deceased there is a disposition of the decedent‘s estate for the payment of debts, or a provision that may require or induce the probate court to marshal the assets differently from the way the law otherwise would prescribe, those devises, or parts of the will, shall be set forth in the complaint, and a copy of the will exhibited to the court, whereupon the court shall marshal the proceeds of the sale accordingly, so far as it can be done consistently with the rights of creditors.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 2127.39

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.