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____

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Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 6251

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • person subject to judicial commitment: means a person who may be judicially committed under this part as a mentally disordered sex offender pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6331), a sexually violent predator pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 6600), or a person with intellectual disabilities pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 2. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 6250

The People

For the Best Interest and Protection of

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as a

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and Concerning

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Petition

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_____ Respondents

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_______, 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.)

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