Probate Estate And Trust Administration | Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court - Probate Division
1 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113
M-F: 8:30am-4:30pm.
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Fixed fee.
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Administers the probate estate of a deceased person. The assets and the value of the assets are determined and then distributed to persons entitled to them by will or law. Processes applications regarding estates and trusts. The purpose of a probate estate is to protect and conserve assets, provide for the payment of outstanding debts and taxes, and distribution of assets to persons entitled to them by will or law. Estates with and without wills are probated. In some circumstances, probate is not needed such as with survivorship tenancy and joint and survivorship property. Administers trusts in wills only, not living trusts.
211 Cleveland
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court - Probate Division
Supervises the administration of estates and trusts relating to wills. Also has jurisdiction of guardianships, adoptions, marriage licenses, name changes, land appropriations, and hospitalization of mentally ill persons.