§ 6251 — California Welfare and Institutions Code

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 judicial commitment, the petition shall be in substantially the following form:

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

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 619. Effective January 1, 2003.)