Ohio § 2105.06

§ 2105.06.

When a person dies intestate having title or right to any personal property, or to

any real property or inheritance, in this state, the personal property shall be distributed,

and the real property or inheritance shall descend and pass in parcenary, except as

otherwise provided by law, in the following course: (A) If there is no surviving spouse, to the children of the intestate or their lineal

descendants, per stirpes; (B) If there is a spouse and one or more children of the decedent or their lineal descendants

surviving, and all of the decedent's children who survive or have lineal descendants

surviving also are children of the surviving spouse, then the whole to the surviving

spouse; (C) If there is a spouse and one child of the decedent or the child's lineal descendants

surviving and the surviving spouse is not the natural or adoptive parent of the decedent's

child, the first twenty thousand dollars plus one-half of the balance of the intestate

estate to the spouse and the remainder to the child or the child's lineal descendants,

per stirpes; (D) If there is a spouse and more than one child or their lineal descendants surviving,

the first sixty thousand dollars if the spouse is the natural or adoptive parent of

one, but not all, of the children, or the first twenty thousand dollars if the spouse

is the natural or adoptive parent of none of the children, plus one-third of the balance

of the intestate estate to the spouse and the remainder to the children equally, or

to the lineal descendants of any deceased child, per stirpes; (E) If there are no children or their lineal descendants, then the whole to the surviving

spouse; (F) Except as provided in section 2105.062 of the Revised Code , if there is no spouse and no children or their lineal descendants, to the parents

of the intestate equally, or to the surviving parent; (G) Except as provided in section 2105.062 of the Revised Code , if there is no spouse, no children or their lineal descendants, and no parent surviving,

to the brothers and sisters, whether of the whole or of the half blood of the intestate,

or their lineal descendants, per stirpes; (H) Except as provided in section 2105.062 of the Revised Code , if there are no brothers or sisters or their lineal descendants, one-half to the

paternal grandparents of the intestate equally, or to the survivor of them, and one-half

to the maternal grandparents of the intestate equally, or to the survivor of them; (I) Except as provided in section 2105.062 of the Revised Code , if there is no paternal grandparent or no maternal grandparent, one-half to the

lineal descendants of the deceased grandparents, per stirpes;  if there are no such

lineal descendants, then to the surviving grandparents or their lineal descendants,

per stirpes;  if there are no surviving grandparents or their lineal descendants,

then to the next of kin of the intestate, provided there shall be no representation

among the next of kin; (J) If there are no next of kin, to stepchildren or their lineal descendants, per stirpes; (K) If there are no stepchildren or their lineal descendants, escheat to the state.