{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-6251","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 6251","heading":"","body":"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:\nIn the Superior Court of the State of California For the County of____\nThe People For the Best Interest and Protection of ⎫ ⎪ ⎪\nas a ⎪\nand Concerning and ⎬ ⎪ Petition\n⎪\nRespondents ⎪ ⎭\n_______, residing at ______ (tel. _______), being duly sworn deposes and says: That there is now in the county in the City or Town of __________\na 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 ____.\nThat 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\nThat 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)\nWherefore, 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","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 6. ADMISSIONS AND JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS [6000. - 6825.]","PART 2. JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS [6250. - 6825.]","CHAPTER 1. Definitions, Construction and Standard Forms [6250. - 6254.]"],"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":"b7f3ee09c6730574fbb7d5b7b5e5e43dab7480086528fd7d41f14c0a28cb4286","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-6250","next":"us-ca/wic-6252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}