A guardianship's termination does not foreclose the probate court's exclusive jurisdiction over matters related to the guardianship

Rheinhold v. Reichek, 8th Dist. No. CV-782576, 2014-Ohio-31. The plaintiff appealed after the General Division of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court held that only the probate court had jurisdiction over the plaintiff's claims related to a terminated guardianship. After his guardianship was terminated in 2010 when the plaintiff reached the age of majority, the plaintiff alleged misappropriation of funds from a guardianship account set up when a seven-year-old plaintiff received a monetary settlement for injuries suffered in a car accident. The appellate court upheld the trial court's dismissal, finding that all of the plaintiff's claims arose out of the guardian's and the attorney of the guardian's alleged conduct and the probate court's approval of the guardianship termination. Accordingly, even though the guardianship had been terminated, the appellate court held that the plaintiff's claims touched upon the guardianship and did not foreclose the probate court's exclusive jurisdiction.