RSA 464-C:9 Jurisdiction.
Title: XLIV - GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS
Chapter: 464-C - UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION ACT
A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if:
I. This state is the respondent's home state.
II. On the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and:
(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
(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:
(1) A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent's home state;
(2) An objection to the c