Appointment of guardian for nonresident incapacitated person having property within state - Authorization.

The court of probate of a county in which an incapacitated person residing without the state may have property, real or personal, requiring the care of a conservator, may appoint a conservator for the property of such person which may be within this state if such person has been declared an incapacitated person by a court having jurisdiction in the state of his or her residence.

(Code 1867, §2415; Code 1876, §2755; Code 1886, §2402; Code 1896, §2267; Code 1907, §4357; Code 1923, §8115; Code 1940, T. 21, §21; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)