Sec. 13.27.110. Jurisdiction.

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A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if

(1)this state is the respondent's home state;

(2)on the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state, and

(A)the respondent does not have a home state or a court of the respondent's home state has declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is a more appropriate forum; or

(B)the respondent has a home state, a petition for an appointment or order is not pending in a court of that state or another significant-connection state, and, before the court makes an appointment or issues an order,

(i)a petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent's home state;

(ii)an objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and

(iii)the court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set out in AS 13.27.140 ;

(3)this state does not have jurisdiction under either

(1)or

(2)of this section and the respondent's home state and all significant-connection states have declined to exercise jurisdiction under AS 13.27.140 because

(A)this state is the more appropriate forum; and

(B)jurisdiction in this state is consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States; or

(4)the requirements for special jurisdiction under AS 13.27.120 are met.