Estate of Hohler v. Hohler

Vukovich, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, the estate of Richard Hohler, appeals the decision of the Carroll County Probate Court entered in favor of defendant-appellee, Roxanne Keiffer Hohler, who is the surviving spouse. Specifically, the court ordered the decedent’s attorney, who had drafted a prenuptial agreement for the decedent, to testify at deposition and to bring with him all files of the decedent. The trial court found that the surviving spouse’s waiver of the decedent’s attorney-client privilege under R.C. 2317.02(A) had no limits; the court did not discuss the estate’s…