In re Estate of Washington, 262 S.W.3d 903 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2008, no pet.).
The trial court on its own motion removed the administrator for
failing to file required accountings under Probate Code § 222(b)(2). The
appellant did not allege that the trial court did not have sufficient
evidence to support the removal. Instead, the appellant claimed that the
petitioners lacked standing or that limitations prevented them from
intervening in the action. The court explained that the trial court has
the authority to remove the administrator sua sponte and thus the issues
of standing and limitations were irrelevant.
Moral: The court as the ability to remove an administrator on its own
motion. If the removed administrator appeals, evidence showing an abuse
of discretion is needed to set aside the removal.