{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2107.16","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 2107.16","heading":"Will proved in certain cases.","body":"(A) When offered for probate, a will may be admitted to probate and allowed upon such proof as would be satisfactory, and in like manner as if an absent or incompetent witness were dead:\n(1) If it appears to the probate court that a witness to such will has gone to parts unknown;\n(2) If the witness was competent at the time of attesting its execution and afterward became incompetent;\n(3) If testimony of a witness cannot be obtained within a reasonable time.\n(B) When offered for probate, a will shall be admitted to probate and allowed when there has been a prior judgment by a court declaring that the will is valid pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 5817.10 of the Revised Code, if the will has not been revoked.","path":["Title 21 Courts-Probate-Juvenile","Chapter 2107 Wills"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2107.16","current_through":"2019-03-22 (House Bill 595 - 132nd General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:30Z","sha256":"39850640a668794f24b938ee6c5164112f51e84defbe382d7c8f5ae2286e4d38","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2107.15","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2107.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}