2111.09 Administrator or executor ineligible to be appointed guardian.
2111.09 Administrator or executor ineligible to be appointed guardian.
Unless expressly appointed or designated to act both as guardian and executor by a last will in writing, no person who is or has been an administrator or executor of a last will shall, prior to the approval of his final account as such executor or administrator, be appointed a guardian of the person and estate or of the estate only of a ward who is interested in the estate administered upon or entitled to an interest under such will, except that a surviving spouse may be executor or administrator of the deceased spouse’s estate and also guardian of the person and estate or of the estate only of a minor child of such surviving spouse, whether or not such minor child is interested in the estate of the deceased spouse. But an executor or an administrator may be appointed a guardian of the person only of a ward.
Effective Date: 09-04-1957