Guardian of nonresident.
Section 572
SEC. 572. Guardian of nonresident. — When a person liable to be put under guardianship, according to the provisions of this chapter, resides without the Philippine Islands, and has estate therein, any friend of such person, or anyone interested in his estate, in expectancy or otherwise, may apply to the judge or Court of First Instance in any province in which there is any estate of such absent person, for the appointment of a guardian, and if, after notice given to all interested, in such manner as such court orders, by publication or otherwise, and a full hearing and examination, it appears proper, a guardian for such absent person may be appointed; and every guardian appointed under this section shall have the same powers, and perform the same duties with respect to the estate of the ward found within the Philippine Islands, and with respect to the person of the ward, if he shall come to reside therein, as are prescribed with respect to any other guardians appointed under this chapter. Such guardian must give bond, in the manner and with the like conditions hereinbefore provided for other guardians, except that the provisions respecting the inventory and the disposition of the estate and effects, and accounts to be rendered by the guardian, must be confined to such estate and effects as come into his hands in the Philippine Islands. The guardianship which is here first lawfully granted, of any person residing without the Islands, extends to all the estate of the ward within the islands, and excludes the jurisdiction of the court of every other province.