Florida Statute 733.505
“Jurisdiction in removal proceedings”
What it means
One sentence long: a petition to remove a personal representative is filed in the court having jurisdiction of the administration — the same probate court that issued the letters. There is no picking a different courthouse and no separate lawsuit; removal is part of the estate case itself.
Who may seek removal, and how the proceeding runs, come from the neighboring sections — §733.506 lets the court or any interested person start it, and §733.508 governs the removed PR's accounting on the way out.
- Removal petitions go to the court having jurisdiction of the administration — the probate court already supervising the estate.
- No separate civil suit and no forum shopping: removal happens inside the existing estate case.
- Standing and procedure come from §733.506 and the Probate Rules, not from this section.
How it plays out
This section answers a question families ask us constantly: can we get in front of a different judge? No — removal lands before the same court, often the same judge, that has watched the administration from the start. In practice that helps a petitioner with a real case: the court file already shows the missed deadlines and unfiled accountings, so nothing has to be proved from zero.
Questions people ask
