California Probate Code ARTICLE 6 - Removal From Office

• Section 8500.
  (a) Any interested person may petition for removal of the personal representative from office. A petition for removal may be combined with a petition for appointment...
• Section 8501.
  On removal of a personal representative from office, the court shall revoke any letters issued to the personal representative, and the authority of the personal...
• Section 8502.
  A personal representative may be removed from office for any of the following causes:(a) The personal representative has wasted, embezzled, mismanaged, or committed a fraud on...
• Section 8503.
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), an administrator may be removed from office on the petition of the surviving spouse or a relative of the decedent entitled...
• Section 8504.
  (a) After appointment of an administrator on the ground of intestacy, the personal representative shall be removed from office on the later admission to probate of...
• Section 8505.
  (a) A personal representative may be removed from office if the personal representative is found in contempt for disobeying an order of the court.(b) Notwithstanding any other...

Last modified: October 22, 2018