Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5205 · Article 2. Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons with a Mental Health Condition
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5205
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The petition shall be in substantially the following form:
In the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of _____
______ The People of the State of California Concerning ______ and ______Respondents______ No. _____ Petition for Evaluation
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________, 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:
(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).
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 upon which the allegations of the petition are based are as follows: That __ the person, at _____ in the county, on the _____ day of _____, 20__, ______ ______ ______
That petitioner’s interest in the case is ______ ______
That 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)
Wherefore, 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.
____________Petitioner______
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of _____ 20__.
____________, Clerk of the Court ______By ______ Deputy
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 325. Effective January 1, 2004.
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