(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;

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 ILCS 5/23-2


         (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.
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