(755 ILCS 8/203)
Sec. 203. Jurisdiction. A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if:
(1) this state is the respondent's home state;
(2) 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:
(i) a petition for an appointment or order is
not filed in the respondent's home state;
(ii) an objection to the court's jurisdiction
is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and
(iii) the court in this state concludes that
it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in Section 206;
(3) this state does not have jurisdiction under
either paragraph (1) or (2), 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 constitutions of this state and the United States; or
(4) the requirements for special jurisdiction under
Section 204 are met.
(Source: P.A. 96-177, eff. 1-1-10.)
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