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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 6251 — Definitions, Construction and Standard Forms

Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 6251

Type: Statute
Source: California Welfare and Institutions Code
Jurisdiction: California
Date: 2003-01-01
Current through: Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

Wherever, on the basis of a petition, provision is made in this code for issuing and delivering an order for examination and detention directing that a person be apprehended and taken before a judge of a superior court for a hearing and examination on an allegation of being a person subject to…

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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 6251 — Definitions, Construction and Standard Forms is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

In the Superior Court of the State of California For the County of____

The People For the Best Interest and Protection of __________	⎫ ⎪ ⎪
as a __________	⎪
and Concerning __________ and	⎬ ⎪	Petition
__________	⎪
__________Respondents __________	⎪ ⎭
_______, residing at ______ (tel. _______), being duly sworn deposes and says: That there is now in the county in the City or Town of __________
a person named ______, who resides at ______, and who is believed to be a ______. That the person is ____ years of age; that __ the person is ____ (sex) and that __ the person is ____ (single, married, widowed, or divorced); and that ____ occupation is ____.
That the facts because of which petitioner believes that the person is a ____ are as follows: That __ the person, at _______ in the county, on the____ day of ____, 20__, __________ That petitioner’s interest in and case is __________ __________
That petitioner believes that said person is ____ as defined in Section ____. That the persons responsible for the care, support, and maintenance of the ____, and their relationship to the person are, so far as known to the petitioner, as follows: (Give names, addresses, and relationship of persons named as respondents)
Wherefore, petitioner prays that examination be made to determine the state of the mental health of ____, alleged to be ____, and that such measures be taken for the best interest and protection of said ____, in respect to the person’s supervision, care and treatment, as may be necessary and provided by law. __________Petitioner Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of ______, 20__. ________________________________, Clerk of the Court By _____________________________________________ Deputy