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760 ILCS 3/706 (2026)

Removal of trustee

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(760 ILCS 3/706)
    Sec. 706. Removal of trustee.
    (a) A settlor, a co-trustee, or a qualified beneficiary may request the court to remove a trustee, or a trustee may be removed by the court on its own initiative.
    (b) The court may remove a trustee if:
        (1) the trustee has committed a serious breach of
    
trust;
        (2) lack of cooperation among co-trustees
    
substantially impairs the administration of the trust;
        (3) because of unfitness, unwillingness, or
    
persistent failure of the trustee to administer the trust effectively, the court determines that removal of the trustee best serves the purposes of the trust and the interests of the beneficiaries; or
        (4) there has been a substantial change of
    
circumstances or removal is requested by all of the qualified beneficiaries, the court finds that removal of the trustee best serves the interests of all of the beneficiaries and is not inconsistent with any material purpose of the trust, and a suitable co-trustee or successor trustee is available.
    (c) Pending a final decision on a request to remove a trustee, or in lieu of or in addition to removing a trustee, the court may order such appropriate relief under subsection (b) of Section 1001 as may be necessary to protect the trust property or the interests of the beneficiaries.
(Source: P.A. 101-48, eff. 1-1-20.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2022–2024 · leading case: G & E Scrap Processing Co. v. Katz, 2024 IL App (1st) 230889-U.
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Ropp v. Ropp, 2023 IL App (3d) 200227-U. · cites it 2× “” 760 ILCS 3/706(b) (West 2020). “A violation by a trustee of a duty the trustee owes to a beneficiary is a breach of trust.”
G & E Scrap Processing Co. v. Katz, 2024 IL App (1st) 230889-U. · cites it 2× “760 ILCS 3/706, 707 (West 2020). Section 706 -6- No.”
Slick v. Henry P. Slane, Jr., No. 1:20-cv-01355 (C.D. Ill. July 11, 2022). “2022), the court suspended a trustee pursuant to §760 ILCS 3/706, finding, in part, that the trustee had undertaken efforts to disinherit other beneficiaries, for his own benefit.”
Ferguson v. Heath, 2024 IL App (3d) 230681-U. “760 ILCS 3/706(b)(1) (West 2022). However, the court’s power to remove a trustee should be exercised sparingly, and only when necessary to save the trust property.”
760 ILCS 3/706(b): 1 case
Ropp v. Ropp, 2023 IL App (3d) 200227-U. “” 760 ILCS 3/706(b) (West 2020). “A violation by a trustee of a duty the trustee owes to a beneficiary is a breach of trust.”
760 ILCS 3/706(b)(1): 1 case
Ferguson v. Heath, 2024 IL App (3d) 230681-U. “760 ILCS 3/706(b)(1) (West 2022). However, the court’s power to remove a trustee should be exercised sparingly, and only when necessary to save the trust property.”
760 ILCS 3/706(c): 1 case
G & E Scrap Processing Co. v. Katz, 2024 IL App (1st) 230889-U. “760 ILCS 3/706, 707 (West 2020). Section 706 -6- No.”
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