§ 3-8-203 — Jurisdiction

Wyoming § 3-8-203

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 03: Guardian and Ward
• Ch. 8: UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE
• Art. 2: JURISDICTION

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(a) 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:
(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
W.S. 3-8-206.
(iii) This state does not have jurisdiction under
either paragraph (i) or (ii) of this subsection, 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
(iv) The requirements for special jurisdiction under
W.S. 3-8-204 are met.