{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5512","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 5512","heading":"County of appointment; qualifications.","body":"(a) Resident incapacitated person.--A guardian of the person or estate of an incapacitated person may be appointed by the court of the county in which the incapacitated person is domiciled, is a resident or is residing in a long-term care facility.\n(b) Nonresident incapacitated person.--A guardian of the estate within the Commonwealth of an incapacitated person domiciled outside of the Commonwealth may be appointed by the court of the judicial district having jurisdiction of a decedent's estate or of a trust in which the incapacitated person has an interest. When the nonresident incapacitated person's estate is derived otherwise than from a decedent's estate or a trust within the Commonwealth, a guardian may be appointed by the court of any county where an asset of the incapacitated person is located.\n(c) Exclusiveness of appointment.--When a court has appointed a guardian of the person or estate of an incapacitated person pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), no other court shall appoint a similar guardian for the incapacitated person within the Commonwealth.","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 55 INCAPACITATED PERSONS","SUBCHAPTER C APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN; BONDS; REMOVAL AND DISCHARGE"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=55\u0026sctn=12\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"58881c50d6e771441537db3531ea121699123042c94cf30b0258bc0f6446685a","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5511","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5512.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}