Ohio § 2107.56 Liability in case of insolvency

Ohio Statutes

§ 2107.56 — Liability in case of insolvency

Ohio § 2107.56

Title 21Courts-Probate-Juvenile

Ch. 2107Wills

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2107.56 (2026).

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When any of the persons liable to contribute  toward the discharge of a testator's debt according to sections2107.54and2107.55of the Revised Code, is insolvent, the others  shall be severally liable to each other for the loss occasioned by  the insolvency, each being liable in proportion to the value of  the property received by the person from the estate of the  deceased. If any one of the persons liable dies without paying the  person's proportion of the debt, the executors and administrators  of the person's estate shall be liable for that proportion to the  extent to which the person would have been liable if living.

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When any of the persons liable to contribute toward the discharge of a testator's debt according to sections2107.54and2107.55of the Revised Code, is insolvent, the others shall be severally liable to each other for the loss occasioned by the insolvency, each being liable in proportion to the value of the property received by the person from the estate of the deceased. If any one of the persons liable dies without paying the person's proportion of the debt, the executors and administrators of the person's estate shall be liable for that proportion to the extent to which the person would have been liable if living.