The Supreme Court of Ohio has updated parts of the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio that focus on standard probate forms.

The amendments create a form to order disbursement of an attorney decedent’s trust accounts, create a set of forms for name-change and name-conformity applications, and amend existing forms related to settling a minor’s claim to account for depositing the proceeds into a trust.

Among the changes that went into effect on Jan. 1 are:

• An updated residency requirement.
• The creation of an affidavit for a person to submit in support of an application for a minor’s name change. 
• Updates to the types of applicants who may seek a minor’s name change, the residency requirement, and the nature of parental involvement.
• Updates to the judgment-entry form granting an adult’s name change to include a statutory citation to reflect the current revised code number. The judgment-entry form now acknowledges that the application was supported by sufficient proof.