(755 ILCS 5/23-2) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 23-2)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-547)
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.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-547) 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; (10) the representative is a private professional guardian that fails to comply with the requirements of Section 11a-26; or (11) 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. 104-547, eff. 1-1-27.)