Probate

Personal Representative

How to Remove a Personal Representative of an Estate in California?

A Personal Representative in a probate (an “Executor or Executrix” if the person was named in the decedent’s Will, or an “Administrator” if not named or no Will existed) is the individual appointed by the Probate Court to faithfully administer a decedent’s estate for the benefit of the decedent’s creditors and beneficiaries. Failure to perform his/her duties faithfully could be cause for removal