Franklin County Probate Forms
Background
If your office isn't using our
Franklin County Basic Probate Forms (Frank10) for handling
the administration of probate estates and you practice in Franklin
County, you may be interested in this very special program.
For years, Basic Ohio Probate
Forms
- All County Version (WBOPF) has been Ohio’s
number one probate software and the forms it generates are good in every
county in the state. Although we’ve tried to stay county-generic, there
are always a handful of forms that are modified for a specific county or
are completely unique to a county.
In response, we’ve put together a new
Franklin County version of our Basic Ohio Probate Forms program. But we
did a whole lot more to this new release than just add a couple forms,
the Franklin County version has been substantially rewritten to provide
more ease of use, better worksheet printouts, and exquisite printed
forms. And yes, there are a bunch of new, county-specific forms such as
those listed in the table below and continued on the next page.
Web Forms
If you use the
Court's free web forms, click here to see the advantages of Frank10.
Face-Lift
Frank10 has a new
look you’re going to like. We’ve taken a lesson from the most successful
new programs that are based on large-scale user studies. We’ve
integrated the forms with the help topics, and put everything in the
order you need to proceed from beginning to end. Take a look at the
opening screen of our free demo. One look should give you a pretty good
idea of how we’ve enhanced user friendliness.
A Probate Processor
No Learning Curve.
Frank10 is a stand-alone Windows program that follows
standard Windows programming conventions. It is not a simple
template, HotDocs or script, but instead is a true Windows
program. What this means is that opening, saving and printing files is
done just like it is in your word processor. You won’t need to learn
needlessly different or complex new ways to do the same old thing. If
your program doesn’t have an immediately recognizable menu bar and
interface, it’s not following Windows protocol.
Notices, Consents & Waivers
Over half the standard probate forms involve
the spouse, kin and legatees, so you’ll be wanting your probate program
to fully complete all the necessary notices, consents and waivers.
Frank10 does just that! If you have 20 beneficiaries,
Frank10 completes all the notices, etc.
automatically - one for each individual or entity that needs one. No
work-arounds or cutting and pasting.
Quality Not Quantity
Instead of paying for thousands of forms
that you never use or that are incorrect, Frank10
includes a complete set of “Standard Probate Forms” as specified by the
Ohio Supreme Court under Rules 51 and 52 of the Rules for the
Superintendence of Common Pleas Courts. In addition we include dozens of
non-probate forms for transferring real estate, stocks and bonds, motor
vehicles, and enclosure letters for notifying next of kin and cashing
life insurance policies. You may have some of these forms as "dumb" word
processing templates, but nothing beats having the forms fill themselves
out - especially when you're contacting a dozen next of kin.
What You See Is What You Get.
When you look at our Inventory or Accounting, you see the form as it
would be printed. You don’t need to go through a preview process
(similar to word processors of the 80’s) to see what your form will look
like.
Additional Features
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The Next Generation program
designed and customized for Windows 7,
although it runs in all Windows 64- and 32-bit
environments, i.e.,
Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 & 98.
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Handles calculations automatically;
most forms complete themselves! This includes not just the
mathematically-oriented forms like the inventory and accounting
forms, but also all consents, waivers and notices will contain the
beneficiary name and address information automatically.
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Exports probate files to the Ohio
Estate Tax program that can, in turn, export a file to
the U.S. Estate Tax program - a true
single entry system.
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Capable of sending forms to your
word processor for final review, formatting and printing.
This facilitates emailing, faxing, making PDFs, etc. The
functionality of your word processor is your only limitation.
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Inventory and Accounting
forms can be sorted and printed in the order that you entered items
or by category.
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Multiple forms. If there
are 10 kin, in 10 different states, and each needs a particular
notice, you can prepare all 10 notices in one step.
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Saves and loads probate
estates as ordinary simple files. There is no need to follow
ridiculous procedures like saving save each form or page
individually. Your entire set of forms is saved and opened just as
you would any word processing file - after all you don't save each
page of document individually do you? Of course not, your word
processor saves all the pages at the same time.
Click here to
try free, fully functioning demo.
New Forms
We’ve added special Franklin County specific
forms as well as various transfer documents and enclosure letters. For
example, transferring real estate to the surviving spouse, transferring
motor vehicles, transferring stocks and bonds and a core set of handy
enclosure letters that can be customized to look like your office
stationary. If it’s useful, you’re going to find it in
Frank10's library of forms. Note that many of the probate
forms come in multiple pages. An inventory for example can be up to 80
pages long, or you could send Form 2.2 Notice to Probate to 80 different
heirs!
List of Included Forms
| Form 1.0 |
Surviving Spouse, Next of Kin, Legatees &
Devisees |
| Form 1.0A |
Order of Appraisement |
| Form 1.0S |
Order of Sale/Return |
| Form 1.5RM |
Certificate of Service |
| Form 1.A |
Entry Approving Additional Bond |
| Form 1.B |
Application to Reduce Bond |
| Form 1.C |
Application for Fees |
| Form 1.CC |
Consent to Attorney Fees |
| Form 1.D |
Application for Continuance of Hearing |
| Form 1.E |
Entry Setting Hearing |
| Form 1.F |
Application to Extend Time |
| Form 1.L |
Resignation of Fiduciary |
| Form 1.M |
Application to Admit Foreign Records |
| Form 1.NM |
Motion |
| Form 1.P |
Request for Issuance of Summons in a Civil
Action |
| Form 1.R2 |
Filing Information` |
| Form 1.S |
Return of Certified Mail Service |
| Form 1.U |
Claim of Witness Fee |
| Form 1.Y |
Application to Reopen Estate to Report Newly
Discovered Assets |
| Form 2.0 |
Application to Probate Will |
| Form 2.0A |
Application to File Will for Record Only |
| Form 2.1 |
Waiver of Notice of Probate of Will |
| Form 2.2 |
Notice of Probate of Will |
| Form 2.2R |
return Receipt for Notice of Probate of Will |
| Form 2.3 |
Entry Admitting Will |
| Form 2.4 |
Certificate of Service of Notice of Probate of
Will |
| Form 2.D |
Application to Place Will on Deposit |
| Form 3.0A |
Application and Entry for Appointment of
Appraiser |
| Form 3.0AE |
Appraiser's Evaluation |
| Form 3.0AP |
Real Estate Appraisal |
| Form 3.0B |
Application to Dispense with Appraisement |
| Form 4.0 |
Application for Authority to Administer |
| Form 4.0A |
Fiduciary's Acceptance |
| Form 4.0B |
Application for Authority to Administer Estate
Without Assistance ... |
| Form 4.1 |
Supplemental Application for Ancillary
Administration |
| Form 4.2 |
Fiduciary's Bond |
| Form 4.2(A) |
Memorandum for Bond |
| Form 4.3A |
Waiver of Right to Administer |
| Form 4.4 |
Notice of Hearing on Appointment of Fiduciary |
| Form 4.5 |
Entry Appointing Fiduciary; Letters of Authority |
| Form 4.5A |
Application to Amend Letters of Authority |
| Form 5.0 |
Application to Relieve Estate from
Administration |
| Form 5.0A |
Application to Dispense with Publication |
| Form 5.0B |
Release from Administration Information |
| Form 5.0C |
Attention No Administration Applicants |
| Form 5.0D |
Application to Relieve Estate from
Administration (Short Form) |
| Form 5.0E |
Entry Relieving Estate from Administration
(Short Form) |
| Form 5.0F |
No Administration Statement of Knowledge |
| Form 5.0G |
Notice to Hold Estate Open |
| Form 5.1 |
Assets and Liabilities of Estate to be Relieved |
| Form 5.1C |
Application for Release of Asset(s) [Not to
Exceed $200.00] |
| Form 5.2 |
Waiver of Notice of Application to Relieve
Estate |
| Form 5.3 |
Notice of Application to Relieve Estate from
Administration |
| Form 5.6A |
Entry Relieving Estate from Administration (Long
Form) |
| Form 5.6B |
Entry Appointing Commissioner |
| Form 5.6C |
Commissioner's Findings |
| Form 5.6D |
Commissioner's Report of Distribution |
| Form 5.10 |
Application for Summary Release from
Administration |
| Form 5.11 |
Entry Granting Summary Release from
Administration |
| Form 6.0 |
Inventory and Appraisal |
| Form 6.1 |
Schedule of Assets |
| Form 6.2 |
Waiver of Notice on Hearing |
| Form 6.3 |
Notice of Hearing |
| Form 6.4A |
Application for Appointment of a Commissioner to
Report ... |
| Form 6.4B |
Report on Contents of Safe Deposit Box |
| Form 7.0 |
Notice to Administrator of Estate Recovery
Program |
| Form 7.0A |
Schedule of Claims |
| Form 7.0B |
Statement in Lieu of Schedule of Claims |
| Form 7.1 |
Application for Family Allowance |
| Form 7.2 |
Application for Apportionment of Family
Allowance |
| Form 8.0 |
Citation to Surviving Spouse to Elect Against
Will |
| Form 8.1 |
Election of Surviving Spouse to Take Under Will |
| Form 8.2 |
Election of Surviving Spouse to Take Against
Will |
| Form 8.3 |
Summary of General Rights of Surviving Spouse |
| Form 8.4 |
Certificate of Service & Notice of Citation to
Surviving Spouse |
| Form 8.5 |
Return for Certificate of Service of Citation to
Surviving Spouse |
| Form 8.6A |
Waiver of Service by Surviving Spouse of the
Citation to Elect |
| Form 9.0 |
Application to Sell Personal Property |
| Form 9.0C |
Application for Transfer of Motor Vehicle (et
al) |
| Form 9.1 |
Schedule of Personal Property for Sale |
| Form 9.2 |
Notice of Sale of Personal Property |
| Form 9.B |
Report of Sale |
| Form 10.0 |
Application to Distribute in Kind |
| Form 10.1 |
Schedule of Property to be Distributed in Kind |
| Form 10.2 |
Notice of Hearing on Application to Distribute
in Kind |
| Form 10.3 |
Entry Approving Distribution in Kind |
| Form 10.4A |
Notice to Distributee |
| Form 10.D |
Entry to Deposit Lost Heir Funds |
| Form 11.0A |
Consent to Power to Sell Real Estate |
| Form 12.0 |
Application for Certificate of Transfer |
| Form 12.1 |
Certificate of Transfer |
| Form 13.0 |
Fiduciary's Account |
| Form 13.0B |
Statement in Lieu of Account |
| Form 13.1 |
Receipts and Disbursements |
| Form 13.2 |
Assets Remaining in Hands of Fiduciary |
| Form 13.3 |
Entry Approving and Settling Account |
| Form 13.4 |
Waiver of Partial Account |
| Form 13.5 |
Notice of Hearing on Account |
| Form 13.6 |
Certificate of Termination |
| Form 13.7a |
Waiver of Notice of Hearing and Consent to
Account |
| Form 13.8 |
Application to Extend Administration |
| Form 13.9 |
Certificate of Service of Account to Heirs or
Beneficiaries |
| Form 13.10 |
Notice to Extend Administration |
| GenInfo |
General Information Worksheet |
| Form SS-4 |
Application for Employer Identification Number |
| Form 56 |
Notice Concerning Fiduciary Relationship |
| Form 2848 |
Power of Attorney and Declaration of
Representation |
| Form 4868 |
Application for Extension of Time to File a
Return |
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Judgment Entry Granting Attorney Fee |
Miscellaneous Transfer Forms
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| BMV 3773 |
Surviving Spouse Vehicle Transfer Affidavit |
| BMV 3774 |
Application for Certificate of Motor Vehicle
Title |
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Real Estate Affidavit of Surviving Spouse or
Joint Survivor |
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Power of Attorney for Transferring
Stock/Bonds/Debentures |
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Affidavit of Domicile |
Enclosure Letters
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Wills, notice and consents to probate will |
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Accounting, waiver and consents |
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Letters of authority; statement of duties |
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To life insurance company enclosing policy |
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Inventory and waiver of notice |
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Instructions to appraiser |
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Filing with Probate Court |
Print Shop Perfect Probate Forms
Every form is fully formatted, picture perfect and ready to file. Strict
compliance with the typographical specification set forth in Rules 51
and 52 of the Supreme Court Rules for Superintendence for Courts of
Common Pleas assures acceptability in all Probate Courts.
No Repetition - Automated Forms
You enter basic information one time. Frank10
automatically completes the forms based on your single entry (i.e.,
decedent's name, address, date of death; applicant or fiduciary's name,
address and telephone number; attorney's name, address, telephone number
and registration number; surviving spouse's name, address and telephone
number; all court information, county name, court title, presiding
judge, etc.). Enter assets and liabilities once. Then simply direct the
entries to the appropriate forms by pointing and clicking. That means
you type lengthy legal descriptions a single time. Enter any information
you want and use it as a default over and over in different decedent
files without retyping!
Word Processor Compatibility
You'll love this exciting feature. With it you can send a form to your
word processor so you can modify your forms to contain additional fields
of information, interlineation, as well as including any county- or
office-specific modifications you desire.
Compatibility With Ohio Estate Tax for Windows
Better yet is Frank10's compatibility with our
Ohio Estate Tax for Windows (WOET8) software.
Frank10 files can be converted into nearly complete
WOET8 files that you need only check over and then
print. This, in itself, saves hours of time and reduces errors that may
occur in the preparation of the Ohio Estate Tax form. The process is
extremely easy. Simply mark an asset or debt to direct it to a
particular schedule of the Ohio Estate Tax form. Our new
WOET8 program can read the codes you enter and import the
contents of the probate file into a WOET8
file. It's no harder than opening a file!
A Complete, Stand-Alone Probate System
Frank10 is not a WordPerfect add-on or macro.
Frank10 is a complete system in itself. It
automatically completes and formats the probate forms based on
information you enter in the worksheets. It prints picture perfect
probate forms on all printers—laser, ink jet, even dot matrix printers.
All printer fonts are part of Windows and maintained internally
and automatically. Additional software fonts or hardware font cartridges
are unnecessary.
Regardless of being a stand-alone Windows program, Frank10
can turn your finished forms into word processing documents, emails,
faxes or pdf files.
User Friendly, No Prohibitive Learning Curve, No
Expensive Training Needed
When we say
we use the standard Windows interface, it means that our
program looks and feels like your word processor. It has a file menu
with saving and printing commands in the customary locations. for the
user this means that you can dive right in instead of having to learn
new ways to do things you already know how to do. Unconventional buttons
and interface gimmickry are okay for games, but business and legal
software should always stick to the Windows interface you're
familiar with. Frank10 does just that.
User Friendly Prices
When you realize that other legal software (i.e., bankruptcy
packages, probate software, office management systems, etc.)
start at about $500 and up, you can appreciate the price-conscious value
of
Frank10. Like all the other software in the
Puritas Springs Software legal library, we designed and
priced Frank10 to give you maximum bang for
the buck! No other legal software gives you the same specialized,
comprehensive assistance so inexpensively.
Click here for
price information.