Ohio Civ.R. 73.1

In Rules 73.1 to 73.29 “case” means any of the following when filed in the probate division of the

court of common pleas:

(A) A civil complaint, petition, or administrative appeal;

(B) A decedent’s estate; a testamentary, inter vivos or wrongful death trust; a

guardianship, conservatorship or request for emergency orders pursuant to division

(B)(3) of 2111.02 of the Revised Code; an adoption or name change. Each

beneficiary of a wrongful death trust, each ward or conservatee, each adoptee and

each individual requesting a change of name in those proceedings with multiple

interested parties, shall be considered a separate “case.”

(C) Any other proceeding for which a case number is assigned including but not limited

to the following: tax filings, filings of wills for probate or record, real estate

transfers, and filings of foreign records where an estate is not opened; release from

administration; minor’s settlements; birth corrections; delayed birth registrations;

mental retardation or tuberculosis commitments; petition for protective services;

petition to compel HIV testing; an application to appoint a guardian, trustee,

protector, o r conservator of a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled

person; acknowledgment of paternity; a petition for release of adoption

information; powers of attorney including those for health care; declarations

concerning life-sustaining treatment; proceedings to designate heir; applications to

disinter or to oppose disinterment; and voluntary assignment for the benefit of

creditors.