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Estate of Hovanick

2026-A-0014

CIVIL - probate; transfer on death designation affidavit; valid; R.C. 5303.32; decedent sold real estate before death; first impression; will; property sale proceeds; estate asset; equitable conversion; executory contract; supplement statute; trial to magistrate; estate has right to proceeds from sale; estate must convey legal title; buyer owes estate purchase price; equity follows law; real estate owner is not divested of right to sell real property; anti-ademption; no error.

Lucci

Ashtabula

10/5/2026

2026-Ohio-3915

State v. Moore

2026-T-0008

CRIMINAL LAW - criminal damaging; Warren Municipal Code; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; dispatch; separate event; tire slashed; defendant instructed by third party to stab tires; officer interview near scene; no knife recovered; victim medicated; issues with blacking out; Crim.R. 29; knowingly; personal observation; conflicting testimony; hearsay; no objection; no alleged ineffective assistance of counsel; defendant identified by name; deference to trial court's factual findings.

Lucci

Trumbull

9/28/2026

2026-Ohio-3795

Swiecicki v. Swiecicki

2026-P-0030

DOMESTIC RELATIONS - dissolution; separation agreement; post-decree motion; Civ.R. 53; party must bring challenge to magistrate’s determination to attention of trial court; appellate court reviews trial court judgments; magistrate’s order; motion to set aside; magistrate’s decision; objection; transcript of magistrate’s hearing to be provided to the trial court with objection; adoption of magistrate’s decision; impartiality of magistrate; motion for disqualification of magistrate; plain error.

Lucci

Portage

9/28/2026

2026-Ohio-3794

Polke v. Andrus

2026-A-0007

CIVIL - real estate contract; breach; settlement agreement; dismissal entry; final order; inherent authority to enforce orders; express statement that jurisdiction is retained; enforcement of settlement; conditional settlement; relief from judgment pursuant to the Civil Rules of Procedure; Civ.R. 60(B); failure to identify relevant subsection of Civ.R. 60(B)(1) through (5); hearing not required unless motion alleges operative facts which would warrant relief.

Lucci

Ashtabula

9/28/2026

2026-Ohio-3792

State v. Hall

2026-P-0011

POSTCONVICTION RELIEF - untimely; R.C. 2953.21; 365 days after record filed in direct appeal; jurisdiction; exceptions to deadline; R.C. 2953.23; unavoidably prevented from discovery of facts; prison mailbox rule does not apply.

Lucci

Portage

9/28/2026

2026-Ohio-3793

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