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Ohio Trust Code Update: Recent Developments, Alan Newman Jan 2009

Ohio Trust Code Update: Recent Developments, Alan Newman

Alan Newman

This article is based on the author’s presentations at the 20th Annual Estate Planning Conference on Wealth Transfer in Columbus on June 26, 2009.

Since its enactment in 2006, effective January 1, 2007, the Ohio Trust Code (“OTC”) has been amended, a number of cases have been decided under it, and a variety of issues related to or raised by it have been identified. This article will review those developments.

Copyright Acknowledgment: This material is reprinted from the Probate Law Journal of Ohio with permission of Thomson Reuters. Copyright permission is on file.


Ohio Uniform Trust Code Takes Shape, Alan Newman Jan 2004

Ohio Uniform Trust Code Takes Shape, Alan Newman

Alan Newman

The Uniform Trust Code (UTC) has been under study in Ohio since shortly after its approval by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2000. See, e.g., Susan S. Locke, et. al., Uniform Trust Code, 11 PLJO 49 (Mar./Apr. 2001); David M. English, The Uniform Trust Code (2000) and Its Application to Ohio, 12 PLJO 1 (Sept./Oct. 2001); and David M. English, The Uniform Trust Code (2000) and its Application to Ohio, 30 Capital University Law Review 1 (2000).

Substantial progress has been made towards the adoption of a modified version of the UTC in Ohio. At …