No Error in Removing Administrator Who Failed to Timely Distribute Estate

It was not an error of law or abuse of discretion for the Orphans’ Court to remove an administrator when the administration of the estate was substantially completed when the administrator was granted letters due to the death of the executor, and the administrator took no action to conclude the administration of the estate in the two years following her appointment. It was also not error for the court to direct the person who had filed the petition for removal to file a petition for appointment as successor administrator, and to enter an order directing the administrator being removed to turn over estate records and assets to the successor administrator after appointment. In re: Estate of Robert V. Lorent, 2630 EDA 2024 (Pa. Super. 9/11/2025) (non-precedential).

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