Establishment of Guardianship

(A) Scope of guardianship When establishing a guardianship, the probate division of a court of common pleas shall consider a limited guardianship before establishing a plenary guardianship. (B) County of residence The last county of residence in Ohio in which a ward resided prior to losing the cognitive ability to choose shall be the ward’s county of residence for purposes of establishing a guardianship, unless determined otherwise by the probate division of the court of common pleas establishing the guardianship. (C) Guardianship of estate The probate division of a court of common pleas may waive establishing or continuing the guardianship of the estate of a ward if the assets and principal income of the ward do not support a guardianship of the estate.