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;
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 13.27.110

  • 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.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(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 Alaska Stat. § 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 Alaska Stat. § 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 Alaska Stat. § 13.27.120 are met.
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