§ 6-1446.Personal representative's failure to qualify.

Being appointed a personal representative, guardian, or conservator is not the end of the process — the appointee still has to qualify by filing the required bond and acceptance. § 6-1446 gives the court a backstop when that never happens. If 60 days pass after appointment without the required filings, and nothing in the court's own records explains or excuses the delay, the court can set the appointment aside on its own motion, with or without prior notice to interested persons.

Because the court can act without notice first, the rule builds in a follow-up safeguard: when notice was not given in advance, the clerk has to promptly mail a copy of the order setting the appointment aside to the petitioner (or the petitioner's attorney) and to the appointee who failed to qualify. That way, everyone learns the appointment was undone even without a chance to weigh in beforehand, and can take whatever steps come next, such as seeking a new appointment or explaining the delay after the fact.