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. (a) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a
conservator for a proposed conservatee if this state is the proposed
conservatee's home state.
(b) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a
conservator for a proposed conservatee if, on the date the petition
is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and the
respondent does not have a home state.
(c) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a
conservator for a proposed conservatee if, on the date the petition
is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and a court of
the proposed conservatee's home state has expressly declined to
exercise jurisdiction because this state is a more appropriate forum.
(d) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a
conservator for a proposed conservatee if both of the following
conditions are satisfied:
(1) On the date the petition is filed, this state is a
significant-connection state, the proposed conservatee has a home
state, and a conservatorship petition is not pending in a court of
the home state or another significant-connection state.
(2) Before the court makes the appointment, no conservatorship
petition is filed in the proposed conservatee's home state, no
objection to the court's jurisdiction is filed by a person required
to be notified of the proceeding, and the court in this state
concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth
in Section 1996.
(e) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a
conservator for a proposed conservatee if all of the following
conditions are satisfied:
(1) This state does not have jurisdiction under subdivision (a),
(b), (c), or (d).
(2) The proposed conservatee's home state and all
significant-connection states have expressly declined to exercise
jurisdiction because this state is the more appropriate forum.
(3) Jurisdiction in this state is consistent with the
constitutions of this state and the United States.
(f) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a
conservator for a proposed conservatee if the requirements for
special jurisdiction under Section 1994 are met.