RCW 11.90.220
Appointing a guardian or issuing a protective order.
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 RCW 11.90.250;
(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 constitutions of this state and the United States; or
(4) The requirements for special jurisdiction under RCW 11.90.230 are met.
[ 2009 c 81 § 9.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2009 c 81: See note following RCW 11.90.010.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.90 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.
11.90.030 - Foreign country treatment.
11.90.040 - Communications with out-of-state courts.
11.90.050 - Requests between in-state and out-of-state courts.
11.90.060 - Testimony and documentary evidence from another state.
11.90.210 - Exclusive jurisdictional basis.
11.90.220 - Appointing a guardian or issuing a protective order.
11.90.230 - Special jurisdiction.
11.90.240 - Exclusive jurisdiction for court appointing a guardian or issuing a protective order.
11.90.250 - In-state court declining jurisdiction.
11.90.260 - Jurisdiction required by unjustifiable conduct.
11.90.270 - Notice of petition requirements when not respondent's home state on filing date.
11.90.400 - Procedure for transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to an out-of-state court.
11.90.410 - Procedures for transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to Washington.
11.90.420 - Registering out-of-state guardianship.
11.90.430 - Registering an out-of-state protective order.
11.90.440 - Enforcement of guardianship or protective order from another state.
11.90.460 - Application of the federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.