<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 29A-5A-203 - Jurisdiction. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052317Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052317SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052317CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052317Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052317DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-5A-203"><span class="s2052317SENU">29A-5A-203</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052317SENU">. </span><span class="s2052317CL">Jurisdiction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal-000000"><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal-000001"><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    This state is the respondent's home state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal-000001"><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    On the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal-000002"><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">(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</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal-000002"><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">(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:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal-000003"><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">(i)    A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent's home state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal-000003"><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">(ii)    An objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">(iii)    The court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-5A-206"><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">29A-5A-206</span></a><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal-000001"><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">(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</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The requirements for special jurisdiction under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-5A-204"><span class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont">29A-5A-204</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052317DefaultParagraphFont"> are met.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052317000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052317Normal"><span class="s2052317SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052317SCL-000005"> SL 2011, ch 135, § 203.</span></p></div></body></html>