The Law - The Illinois Probate Act of 1975 - Sec. 23-2

(755 ILCS 5/23‑2) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 23‑2)
   
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 disabled person;

(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.

(Source: P.A. 90‑430, eff. 8‑16‑97; 90‑472, eff. 8‑17‑97; 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.)