In Re Estate of Rice

{¶ 16} I respectfully dissent. In his first and second assignments of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred in granting appellees’ motion to remove him as executor of his mother’s estate. Specifically, appellant avers that the trial court used the wrong standard when it granted appellees’ motion. Appellant further argues that the trial court abused its discretion because its decision is against the manifest weight of the evidence.

{¶ 17} Although appellant argues that the decision of the trial court is against the manifest weight of the evidence, the removal of an executor is…