Section 72 Key Definitions:

• Library: Trust and Estate Legislation 2012

In determining which court has primary jurisdiction under the MoUAGPPJA, the key factors are to determine the individual’s:

· “home state”; and

· “significant-connection state.”

A “home state” is the state in which the individual “was physically present, including any period of temporary absence, for at least six consecutive months immediately before the filing of a petition for a protective order or appointment of a guardian.” Section 475.521.1(2), RSMo Supp. 2011. If the respondent was not physically...