Rule 421 Delinquent personal representatives or special administrators

Whenever it comes to the attention of the Register of Wills that there is an apparent irregularity or default in a supervised or unsupervised administration under these Rules, including but not limited to the failure to file, if required, within a prescribed time a proper inventory, account, or the Certificate required by D.C. Code § 20-704(b-1), or that there is an insufficiency in the amount or security of an undertaking, the Register of Wills shall immediately notify the personal representative, or special administrator (hereinafter "person") that unless the irregularity or default is corrected forthwith, the person so notified shall be subject to removal. If the irregularity is not remedied, the Register of Wills shall report said irregularity to the Court. Following such notification, the Court shall set a summary hearing, direct notice of the hearing to the person who has not remedied the irregularity and, at the hearing, remove the person and appoint a successor, unless, for good cause shown, failure to correct the irregularity or default is deemed excusable.