Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (California)
This form is show cause for change of name in California. The form provided here is simply a sample of what the actual form looks like.
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FOR COURT USE ONLY
PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY (Name, state bar number, and address):
________________________
________________________
TELEPHONE NO.: ________________________
FAX NO. (Optional): ________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS (Optional): ________________________
ATTORNEY FOR (Name): ________________________
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF _____________________
STREET ADDRESS: ________________________
MAILING ADDRESS: ________________________
CITY AND ZIP CODE: ________________________
BRANCH NAME: ________________________
PETITION OF (Names of each petitioner): ________________________ FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER: ________________________
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
1. Petitioner (name of each): ________________________ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name ________________________
To Proposed name ________________________
Present name ________________________
To Proposed name ________________________
Present name ________________________
To Proposed name ________________________
Present name ________________________
To Proposed name ________________________
2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: ________________________
Time: ________________________
Dept.: ________________________
Room: ________________________
3. a. ____ A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): ________________________
b. ____ Other (specify): ________________________
The address of the court is same as noted above other (specify):
________________________
Date: ________________________
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT ________________________
NOTE: When a Petition for Change of Name has been filed for a child and the other parent, if living, does not join in consenting to the name change, the petitioner must have a notice of the time and place of the hearing or a copy of the Order to Show Cause served on the other parent not less than 30 days prior to the hearing under Code of Civil Procedure section 413.10, 414.10, 415.10, or 415.40. If a petition to change the name of a child has been filed by a guardian, the guardian must (1) provide notice of the hearing to any living parent of the child by personal service at least 30 days before the hearing, or (2) if either or both parents are deceased or cannot be located, serve notice of the hearing on the child's grandparents, if living, not less than 30 days before the hearing under Code of Civil Procedure section 413.10, 414.10, 415.10, or 415.40. (This Note is included for the information of the petitioner and shall not be included in the Order to Show Cause published in the newspaper.)