Mississippi Code
Article 2 - Jurisdiction
§ 93-14-203. Jurisdiction

A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if:
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
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 petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent's home state;
An objection to the court's jurisdiction is not 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 93-14-206;

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