Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Ohio

An attorney should review the wills to provide you with a definite answer, but any property in wife's name will need to be probated and will be paid to husband's estate. Husband's will will then control how property passes.

If all her assets were to go to husband via her will which was never probated, and he is now deceased, the end result is the same - his estate will control the disposition of the property. You may not need to bother with probating her will, unless there are some title issues that cannot otherwise be resolved. But again, the end result would be the same if her will has everything going to him.