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Santa Barbara — SC-4040

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2026-09-26
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2026-09-27

Santa Barbara — SC-4040

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FOR COURT USE ONLY

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

Santa Barbara–Anacapa Santa Maria-Cook Lompoc Division
1100 Anacapa Street 312-C East Cook Street 115 Civic Center Plaza

Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Santa Maria, CA 93454 Lompoc, CA 93436

MATTER OF:

CASE NUMBER:

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF CITATION

(FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL)

_____________________________________________ (name) filed their application for an order for publication on

___________________ (date). From the application and supporting evidence it appears to the satisfaction of the

Court that an order for service by publication is warranted. The Court orders:

1. Service of the citation in this action shall be made upon (the person to be served)

_________________________________________________________________

by publication in _________________________________________, which is hereby designated as the

newspaper most likely to give notice to the person to be served. Publication is to be made at least once

a week for four successive weeks.

2. Service on the person to be served must also be made electronically (e.g., text, electronic mail, social
media) as follows:

3. The citation must be served on those relatives whose names and addresses were identified in the
application as follows:
The citation must be personally served on those persons at least 10 days before the hearing;
The citation must be mailed to those persons at least 15 days before the hearing.

4. If the address of the party to be served is ascertained before the expiration of the time prescribed for
publication of the citation, the applicant must mail to the party to be served a copy of: (1) the citation, (2)
the petition, and (3) this order for publication. A declaration of this mailing, or of the fact that the address
was not ascertained, must be filed at the expiration of the time prescribed for the publication.

5 Other orders:

SIGN

Dated: Judge of the Superior Court

Optional Form ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF CITATION Fam. Code §7800 et seq. SC-4040 [New July 1, 2020] (FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL) Print Form Clear Form

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