Opinion ID: 2331585
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 53

Heading: Removal of a Personal Representative

Text: Under D.C.Code ง 20-526(b), the trial court must remove the personal representative if it finds, after a hearing, that he or she has committed one of several infractions enumerated therein. We may not set aside a judgment of a trial court in a matter tried without jury except for errors of law unless it appears that the judgment is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it. D.C.Code ง 17-305. See Conner v. 1747 Pa. Ave. Assocs., L.P., 669 A.2d 693 (D.C.1995); Walker v. District of Columbia, 656 A.2d 722 (D.C.1995). Since the court has no discretion, but is statutorily bound to remove the personal representative if it finds that he or she has committed an infraction of a personal representative's fiduciary duties, we review only the finding of an infraction.