Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 125 § 125.820 — Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction. A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a conservatorship 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: (A) A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent’s home state; (B) An objection to the court’s jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and (C) The court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in ORS 125.827; (3) This state does not have jurisdiction under either subsection (1) or (2) of this section, 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 Oregon and United States Constitutions; or (4) The requirements for special jurisdiction under ORS 125.822 are met. [2009 c.179 §9] Note: See note under 125.800.