Sec. 23-2. Removal.

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Sec. 23-2. Removal.

(a)On petition of any interested person or on the court's own motion, the court may remove a representative if:

(1)the representative is acting under letters secured by false pretenses;

(2)the representative is adjudged a person subject to involuntary admission under the

Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code or is adjudged a person with a disability;

(3)the representative is convicted of a felony;

(4)the representative wastes or mismanages the estate;

(5)the representative conducts himself or herself in such a manner as to endanger any

co-representative or the surety on the representative's bond;

(6)the representative fails to give sufficient bond or security, counter security or a

new bond, after being ordered by the court to do so;

(7)the representative fails to file an inventory or accounting after being ordered by

the court to do so;

(8)the representative conceals himself or herself so that process cannot be served upon

the representative or notice cannot be given to the representative;

(9)the representative becomes incapable of or unsuitable for the discharge of the

representative's duties; or

(10)there is other good cause.

(b)If the representative becomes a nonresident of the United States, the court may remove the representative as such representative.