{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-125.820","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 125.820","heading":"Jurisdiction.","body":"A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a conservatorship 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 the appointment or issues the order:\n      (A) A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent’s home state;\n      (B) An objection to the court’s jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and\n      (C) The court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in ORS 125.827;\n      (3) This state does not have jurisdiction under either subsection (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 Oregon and United States Constitutions; or\n      (4) The requirements for special jurisdiction under ORS 125.822 are met.","path":["03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate","13. Protective Proceedings; Powers of Attorney; Trusts","Chapter 125 — Protective Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors125.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"c76fb4ecf070278f7ab69a47d05753d1d39c7ee5c1ff6b2a8442e107ab768cd5","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-125.817","next":"us-or/ors-125.822"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}