2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 55 - Incapacitated Persons
5512 - County of appointment; qualifications.

     § 5512.  County of appointment; qualifications.
        (a)  Resident incapacitated person.--A guardian of the person
     or estate of an incapacitated person may be appointed by the
     court of the county in which the incapacitated person is
     domiciled, is a resident or is residing in a long-term care
     facility.
        (b)  Nonresident incapacitated person.--A guardian of the
     estate within the Commonwealth of an incapacitated person
     domiciled outside of the Commonwealth may be appointed by the
     court of the judicial district having jurisdiction of a
     decedent's estate or of a trust in which the incapacitated
     person has an interest. When the nonresident incapacitated
     person's estate is derived otherwise than from a decedent's
     estate or a trust within the Commonwealth, a guardian may be
     appointed by the court of any county where an asset of the
     incapacitated person is located.
        (c)  Exclusiveness of appointment.--When a court has
     appointed a guardian of the person or estate of an incapacitated
     person pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), no other court shall
     appoint a similar guardian for the incapacitated person within
     the Commonwealth.
     (Apr. 16, 1992, P.L.108, No.24, eff. 60 days)

        1992 Amendment.  See section 21 of Act 24 in the appendix to
     this title for special provisions relating to applicability.