{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-5205","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 5205","heading":"","body":"The petition shall be in substantially the following form:\nIn the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of _____\nThe People of the State of California Concerning and Respondents No. _____ Petition for Evaluation\n________, residing at _____ (tel. ____), being duly sworn, alleges: That there is now in the county, in the City or Town of _____, a person named _____, who resides at _____, and who is, as a result of mental disorder:\n(1) A danger to others. (2) A danger to himself or herself. (3) Gravely disabled as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 5008 of the Welfare and Institutions Code (Strike out all inapplicable classifications).\nThat 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 _____.\nThat the facts upon which the allegations of the petition are based are as follows: That __ the person, at _____ in the county, on the _____ day of _____, 20__,\nThat petitioner’s interest in the case is\nThat the person responsible for the care, support, and maintenance of the person, 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)\nWherefore, petitioner prays that evaluation be made to determine the condition of ____, alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or to be gravely disabled.\nPetitioner\nSubscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of _____ 20__.\n, Clerk of the Court By Deputy","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]","PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT [5000. - 5550.]","CHAPTER 2. Involuntary Treatment [5150. - 5349.1.]","ARTICLE 2. Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons with a Mental Health Condition [5200. - 5213.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b5bc2cae10b1619e8f41b8841808a40b8695bae2b7bf6393515974266462c793","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-5204","next":"us-ca/wic-5206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}