{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.27.110","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.27.110","heading":"Jurisdiction.","body":"A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if\n(1) this state is the respondent's home state;\n(2) on the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state, and\n(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\n(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,\n(i) a petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent's home state;\n(ii) an objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and\n(iii) the court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set out in AS 13.27.140;\n(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\n(A) this state is the more appropriate forum; and\n(B) jurisdiction in this state is consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States; or\n(4) the requirements for special jurisdiction under AS 13.27.120 are met.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 27. Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.","Article 2. Jurisdiction."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.27.110","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"3d754fca0debfe3da582eb75f565bd859cfc59de1e80c7d8a4fc99ed23b74cf7","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.27.100","next":"us-ak/as-13.27.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}