New Jersey § 3b:12b-9

§ 3b:12b-9.

a. A court of this State has jurisdiction to declare a person incapacitated and appoint

a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if: (1) This State is the respondent's home state as defined in section 3 of P.L.2012, c. 36 ( C.3B:12B-3 ); or (2) On the date the petition is filed, this State is a significant-connection state,

as defined in section 3 of P.L.2012, c. 36 ( C.3B:12B-3 ) and determined in accordance with section 10 of P.L.2012, c. 36 ( C.3B:12B-10 ), and: (a) the respondent either 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 another state or another significant-connection state, and,

before this State's court acts: (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 concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth

in section 13 of P.L.2012, c. 36 ( C.3B:12B-13 ); (3) Although this State does not have jurisdiction under either subsection a. or b.

of this section, the 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 New Jersey and United States Constitutions;

or b. A court of this State may assume emergency jurisdiction under section 11 of P.L.2012, c. 36 ( C.3B:12B-11 ).