Instructions for Filing Summary Release from Administration, BELMONT COUNTY PROBATE AND JUVENILE COURTS

A Release from Administration may be filed if:

There is no surviving spouse and assets are $15,000 or less and decedent died on or after 1/1/76; assets are $25,000 or less and decedent died on or after 10/20/87; assets are $35,000 or less and decedent died on or after 1/9/94.
There is a surviving spouse and assets are $50,000.00 or less and the decedent died on or after 1/16/93; assets are $85,000 or less and the decedent died on or after 9/14/93; assets are $100,000 or less and the decedent died on or after 3/18/99.

What I need when I file:

The original Will if the deceased person had one.
Receipt of a paid funeral bill, or if not available, the funeral bill. The receipt or funeral bill must show the applicant’s payment or obligation to pay the funeral/burial expenses.
Title(s) of automobile(s), bank account numbers, stock certificate numbers, insurance policy numbers, etc.
The market value of real property as found in Belmont County Auditor’s office property records.
The market or book value of any motor vehicle, ATVs, motorcycles, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, trailers, utility vehicles, power boats, sailboats, motor homes, camping trailers, truck campers, etc. as found in a current, nationally recognized used car guide.
A Copy of the Death Certificate.

File these forms (if there is an original Will):

Form 2.0 – Application to Probate Will
Form 2.1 – Waiver of Notice of Probate of Will
Form 2.4 – Certificate of Service of Notice of Probate of Will
Form 1.0 – Surviving Spouse, Next of Kin
Form 5.1 –Application for Summary Release from Administration – (Must be notarized by a Notary)
Form MISC.02 – Self-Representation Acknowledgment
Form 7.0 & 7.0(a) – Notice to Administrator of Estate Recovery Program (if decedent was fifty-five (55) years of age or older at the time of death and has been determined to have been a recipient of medical assistance)
Form 12.0 – Application for Certificate of Transfer (Real estate only)
Form 12.1 – Certificate of Transfer (Real estate only)

File these forms (if there is not an original Will):

Form 5.0 – Application to Relieve Estate from Administration
Form 1.0 – Surviving Spouse, Next of Kin
Form 5.1 – Assets and Liabilities of Estate to be Relieved from Administration
Form 5.2 – Waiver of Notice of Application to Relieve Estate from Administration
Form 5.6 – Entry Relieving Estate from Administration
Form 7.0 & 7.0(a) – Notice to Administrator of Estate Recovery Program (if decedent was fifty-five (55) years of age or older at the time of death and has been determined to have been a recipient of medical assistance)
Form 12.0 – Application for Certificate of Transfer (Real estate only)
Form 12.1 – Certificate of Transfer (Real estate only)
Form MISC.02 – Self-Representation Acknowledgment

Filing Fee:

BELMONT COUNTY PROBATE AND JUVENILE COURTS