Illinois Code § 755 ILCS 5/23-2

Removal.
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(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.

secured by false pretenses;
to involuntary admission under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code or is adjudged a person with a disability;
estate;
such a manner as to endanger any co-representative or the surety on the representative's bond;
or security, counter security or a new bond, after being ordered by the court to do so;
accounting after being ordered by the court to do so;
that process cannot be served upon the representative or notice cannot be given to the representative;
unsuitable for the discharge of the representative's duties; or

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