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Grounds for Removing a Personal Representative

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Bruce Davis IX

Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
If someone who has been named a Personal Representative on a will filed legal documents (like deeds and corporation papers) that contained blatantly false facts and statements to enrich their personal gain years ago, but those documents and filings were not legally challenged, might those false documents serve as grounds for dismissal?
 


latigo

Senior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
If someone who has been named a Personal Representative on a will filed legal documents (like deeds and corporation papers) that contained blatantly false facts and statements to enrich their personal gain years ago, but those documents and filings were not legally challenged, might those false documents serve as grounds for dismissal?
Negative

Florida Probate Code Estates and Trusts

Section 733.303 “(1) A person is not qualified to act as a personal representative if the person:
(a) has been convicted of a felony
(b) Is mentally or physically unable to perform the duties
(c) Is under the age of 18 years.”
 

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