§ 1204.
(a)
On request of a party in interest, and after notice and a hearing, the court shall order that the debtor shall not be a debtor in possession for cause, including fraud, dishonesty, incompetence, or gross mismanagement of the affairs of the debtor, either before or after the commencement of the case.
(Added and amended [Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 255], title III, § 302(f), Oct. 27, 1986, [100 Stat. 3107], 3124; [Pub. L. 103–65, § 1], Aug. 6, 1993, [107 Stat. 311]; [Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, § 149(a)], Oct. 21, 1998, [112 Stat. 2681–610]; [Pub. L. 106–5, § 1(1)], (2), Mar. 30, 1999, [113 Stat. 9]; [Pub. L. 106–70, § 1], Oct. 9, 1999, [113 Stat. 1031]; [Pub. L. 107–8, § 1], May 11, 2001, [115 Stat. 10]; [Pub. L. 107–17, § 1], June 26, 2001, [115 Stat. 151]; [Pub. L. 107–170, § 1], May 7, 2002, [116 Stat. 133]; [Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10814(a)], May 13, 2002, [116 Stat. 532]; [Pub. L. 107–377, § 2(a)], Dec. 19, 2002, [116 Stat. 3115]; [Pub. L. 108–73, § 2(a)], Aug. 15, 2003, [117 Stat. 891]; [Pub. L. 108–369, § 2(a)], Oct. 25, 2004, [118 Stat. 1749]; [Pub. L. 109–8, title X, § 1001(a)(1)], (c), Apr. 20, 2005, [119 Stat. 185], 186.)