Will vs. Trust in Ohio: What’s the Difference and Which One Do You Need? A will directs probate property and can nominate guardians and an executor. A properly funded living trust can manage assets during incapacity and transfer trust property without probate, but it does not replace every document in an estate plan. Estate-planning decisions affect control during life, the transfer of property at death, taxes, probate, and the people who may need to act during a crisis. A document that works in one family can create conflict in another because assets, beneficiary ages, marriages, debts, and ownership arrangements differ. This guide explains the general Ohio framework in plain language…