Q: I would like to have her removed from fiduciary duties
My daughter is executor of my mothers estate in Texas.
she has failed to provide accounting and also has failed to
distribute the assets to beneficiaries
A: Timing is everything. If you have evidence that 15 months or more after the executor was appointed a beneficiary demanded an accounting and it was not produced within 60 days OR if you have evidence that 24 months or more after the executor was appointed no distribution was made, you can ask the court to have her removed.
A: Our law office has a letter we send that requests an accounting. Under Texas Law, if you don't receive a satisfactory response within the allotted time, then the judge can order that that all of the assets be distributed and/or order that the executor be removed.
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