SECTION 733.504. Removal of personal representative; causes for removal.

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1A personal representative shall be removed and the letters revoked if he or she was not qualified to act at the time of appointment. A personal representative may be removed and the letters revoked for any of the following causes:
41(1) 42Adjudication that the personal representative is incapacitated.
49(2) 50Physical or mental incapacity rendering the personal representative incapable of the discharge of his or her duties.
67(3) 68Failure to comply with any order of the court, unless the order has been superseded on appeal.
85(4) 86Failure to account for the sale of property or to produce and exhibit the assets of the estate when so required.
107(5) 108Wasting or maladministration of the estate.
114(6) 115Failure to give bond or security for any purpose.
124(7) 125Conviction of a felony.
129(8) 130Insolvency of, or the appointment of a receiver or liquidator for, any corporate personal representative.
145(9) 146Holding or acquiring conflicting or adverse interests against the estate that will or may interfere with the administration of the estate as a whole. This cause of removal shall not apply to the surviving spouse because of the exercise of the right to the elective share, family allowance, or exemptions, as provided elsewhere in this code.
202(10) 203Revocation of the probate of the decedent’s will that authorized or designated the appointment of the personal representative.
221(11) 222Removal of domicile from Florida, if domicile was a requirement of initial appointment.
235(12) 236The personal representative was qualified to act at the time of appointment but is not now entitled to appointment.
255Removal under this section is in addition to any penalties prescribed by law.

History.-s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 69, ch. 75-220; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 998, ch. 97-102; s. 117, ch. 2001-226; s. 10, ch. 2009-115; s. 5, ch. 2015-27.

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Note.-Created from former s. 734.11.

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