53.23 Jurisdiction.
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53.23 Jurisdiction. A court of this state has personal jurisdiction to appoint a guardian of the person or issue an order appointing a guardian of the estate for a respondent if any of the following is satisfied:
(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 any of the following is satisfied:
(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.
(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 the appointment or issues the order all of the following are satisfied:
1. A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent’s home state.