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;

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 ILCS 8/203

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         (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 the appointment or issues the 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 forth in Section 206;
        (3) this state does not have jurisdiction under
    
either paragraph (1) or (2), 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 204 are met.
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