{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"6251","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6251","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 6. ADMISSIONS AND JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS [6000. - 6825.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-6"},{"name":"PART 2. JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS [6250. - 6825.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-6/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Definitions, Construction and Standard Forms [6250. - 6254.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-6/part-2/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 619. Effective January 1, 2003.","effective":"2003-01-01","html":"

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 People

For 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

","text":"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 People For 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","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/definitions-construction-and-standard-forms-6251","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}