{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5111","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 5111","heading":"County of appointment.","body":"(a) Resident minor.--A guardian of the person or of the estate of a minor may be appointed by the court of the county in which the minor resides.\n(b) Nonresident minor.--A guardian of the estate within the Commonwealth of a minor residing outside the Commonwealth may be appointed by the court of the county having jurisdiction of a decedent's estate or of a trust from which the minor's estate is derived. When the nonresident minor's estate is derived otherwise than from a decedent's estate or a trust, a guardian may be appointed by the court of any county where an asset of the minor's estate is located.\n(c) Exclusiveness of appointment.--When a court has appointed a guardian of a minor's estate pursuant to subsections (a) or (b), no other court shall appoint a similar guardian for the minor within the Commonwealth.","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 51 MINORS","SUBCHAPTER B APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=51\u0026sctn=11\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"47aa1694a4253e05d32f47c60cbbf966fe13bc8642b754f7436bd07f20a7294e","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5103","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}