5111 - County of appointment.
SUBCHAPTER B APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN Sec. 5111. County of appointment. 5112. Persons not qualified to be appointed by the court. 5113. Persons preferred in appointment. 5114. Service of process on nonresident guardian (Repealed). 5115. Appointment of guardian in conveyance. 5116. Orphan beneficiaries, charitable uses or trusts; administration, cities of first class. Cross References. Subchapter B is referred to in section 6106 of Title 23 (Domestic Relations). § 5111. County of appointment. (a) Resident minor.--A guardian of the person or of the estate of a minor may be appointed by the court of the county in which the minor resides. (b) Nonresident minor.--A guardian of the estate within the Commonwealth of a minor residing outside the Commonwealth may be appointed by the court of the county having jurisdiction of a decedent's estate or of a trust from which the minor's estate is derived. When the nonresident minor's estate is derived otherwise than from a decedent's estate or a trust, a guardian may be appointed by the court of any county where an asset of the minor's estate is located. (c) Exclusiveness of appointment.--When a court has appointed a guardian of a minor's estate pursuant to subsections (a) or (b), no other court shall appoint a similar guardian for the minor within the Commonwealth.