Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.25 (2026)

Time frame for collection of assets and administration of estate; extensions

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The executor or administrator of an estate shall collect the assets and complete the administration of that estate within six months after the date of appointment unless an extension of the time to file a final and distributive account is authorized under division (B) of section 2109.301 of the Revised Code.

For good cause shown, the court may grant an extension of the time to file the inventory and accounts.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1955–2023 · leading case: Burns v. Daily, 683 N.E.2d 1164 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 1996).
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Burns v. Daily, 683 N.E.2d 1164 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 1996). “R.C. 2113.25; Young v. Roberts (1892), 7 Ohio C.”
In re Est. of Reeck, 488 N.E.2d 195 (Ohio 1986). “R.C. 2113.25. It is the executrix who is responsible for all rights, including personal injury actions, of the deceased, R.”
In re Est. of Bost, 460 N.E.2d 1156 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1983). “In succession, the son filed an application for a hearing under R.C. 2113.25 and a motion to remove the executor.”
In re Est. of Kelsey, 847 N.E.2d 1277 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 2006). “{¶ 59} The duty of a fiduciary to seek out and collect all probate assets in order to prepare the estate inventory was well stated in Ewing: 6 {¶ 60} “An [executor] of an estate functions in a fiduciary capacity and, pursuant to R.C. 2113.25 * * * has a duty to collect all of…”
Dolin v. Lupo, 2023-Ohio-3074. “R.C. 2113.25. Like executors, administrators of decedents’ estates “occupy the position of personal representatives of decedents, and are court officers, subject to control, discipline and removal for good cause.”
In re Est. of Kemp, 2010-Ohio-4073, 937 N.E.2d 1102. “R.C. 2113.25. Assets have been defined as “all the property of a person (esp.”
In re Est. of Coleman, 564 N.E.2d 116 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 1988). “” Appellant argues in her first assignment of error that the attorney fees in this case should have been paid out of estate funds and, therefore, equally shared by appellee and appellant.”
State ex rel. Abraitis v. Gallagher, 39 N.E.3d 491 (Ohio 2015). “And if Judge Gallagher finds in Vivian’s favor, Abraitis can appeal. {¶ 17} In addition, Vivian is the personal representative and therefore the fiduciary for her former husband’s estate.”
Abraitis v. Gallagher, 2014-Ohio-2987. “{¶16} Newcomer is the fiduciary of Vytautas’s estate and, under Ohio law, “an administrator of an estate functions in a fiduciary capacity and, pursuant to R.C. 2113.25, he has a duty to collect all of the assets of the estate.”
Wetherill v. Danner, 164 Ohio St. (N.S.) 258 (Ohio 1955). · cites it 2× “However, under the present provisions of Section 2113.25, Revised Code, an executor or administrator should, so far as he is able, make distribution to legatees or distributees within nine months after the date of his appointment.”
Fecteau v. Cleveland Trust Co., 171 Ohio St. 121 (1960). · cites it 2× “Section 2113.25, Revised Code, provides that so far as he is able the administrator of an estate shall collect assets within nine months after the date of his appointment, but also provides that the court may allow further time in which to collect assets.”
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