Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 475

Probate Code--Guardianship

←475.522

Section 475.523.1

475.524→

August 28, 2015

Jurisdiction.

475.523. 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 a 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 the appointment

or issues the order:



a. A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the

respondent's home state;



b. An objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed by a person

required to be notified of the proceeding; and



c. The court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum

under the factors set forth in section 475.526;



(3) This state does not have jurisdiction under either subdivisions

(1) or (2) of this section, the respondent's home state and all

significant-connection states have declined to exercise jurisdiction

because this state is the more appropriate forum, and jurisdiction in this

state is consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United

States; or



(4) The requirements for special jurisdiction under section 475.524

are met.



(L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)







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