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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-706" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Office of Trustee">
  <text>In addition to the grounds and procedures for removal of a fiduciary set forth in § 15–112 of this article:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The settlor, a cotrustee, or a beneficiary may request the court to remove a trustee, or a trustee may be removed by the court on the court’s own initiative;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The court may remove a trustee if:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>The trustee has committed a serious breach of trust;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Lack of cooperation among cotrustees substantially impairs the administration of the trust;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>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 interests of the beneficiaries; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>There has been a substantial change of circumstances and removal is requested by all of the qualified beneficiaries, the court finds that removal of the trustee best serves the interest of all of the beneficiaries and is not inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust, and a suitable cotrustee or successor trustee is available; and</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>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 appropriate relief under § 14.5–901(b) of this title as may be necessary to protect the trust property or the interests of the beneficiaries.</text>
  </level>
</section>
