Ohio Revised Code|Section 2111.09 | Administrator or executor ineligible to be appointed guardian.

                                                
Unless expressly appointed or designated to  act both as guardian and executor by a will in writing, no person  who is or has been an administrator or executor of a will shall,  prior to the approval of the person's final account as 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 the 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 the surviving  spouse, whether or not the minor child is interested in the estate  of the deceased spouse. However, an executor or an administrator  may be appointed a guardian of the person only of a ward.