by admin | Oct 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
What could be more exciting than articulating differences between issuing a notice of commencement on a private project (ORC 1311.04) versus a public one (ORC 1311.252)? Well, lots of things. Probably almost anything actually. That said, at least the reasoning behind...
by admin | Oct 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
The FBI may say that “crime doesn’t pay,” but maybe it should be “crime doesn’t pay, if you get caught.” But if you do get caught, in Ohio at least, you will find that murder is not an effective strategy for a beneficiary to accelerate their...
by admin | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ohio’s 6th District Appellate Court upheld paternal grandparents’ rights to visitation following the death of their son (the children’s father) in Wentz v. Wideman, 2021-Ohio-2257 (Ohio 6th Dist. Ct. App. 2021). Among other things, the Court...
by admin | Mar 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Over the last several years, I have had several business clients who have work-wear service contracts with big-name service providers. These contracts always seem to contain similar language which requires the customer to provide written notice (usually by certified...
by admin | Nov 23, 2020 | Probate and Estate Planning, Uncategorized
A few months back, we posted about the need for ancillary administration proceedings for property that a decedent owns outside the State of Ohio. Since we are in Northwest Ohio, the most common estate planning issue we deal with is a family vacation home located in...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, September 9th, Ohio’s Third District Appellate Court upheld the validity of the merger between two water and sewer districts organized under ORC 6119. Attorneys Chris Frasor and Carl Ireland participated in the underlying trial court litigation and...
by admin | Aug 14, 2020 | Probate and Estate Planning, Uncategorized
Over the years, Chris and I have represented a number of clients who own vacation property or a land in another state. Since we are here in Northwest Ohio, the most common place for a vacation home is right over the border in Michigan (with Florida a close second!)....
by admin | Jul 14, 2020 | Probate and Estate Planning, Uncategorized
Recently, a client asked what would happen to her husband’s retirement income now that he was in a long term care facility and considering applying for Medicaid. Well, there’s good news and bad- if the retirement fund (such as an IRA, pension, or the like)...
by admin | May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
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