__[Attorney name]__
__[Address]__
__[Telephone number]__

Attorney for Defendant, __[name]__


            _ _ _ _ _ _ Court, County of _ _ _ _ _ _
                   __[_ _ _ _ _ _ District]__

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  )   No. _ _ _ _ _ _
                                               Plaintiff)
                                                                          )PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
vs.                                                        )GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR DEFENDANT
                                                                          )
__[Name; see Comment]__,   )
                                                                          )
By __[name]__, __[his/     )
her]__ guardian ad litem,  )
et al., Defendants         )
_________________________  )

Petitioner, __[name]__, declares:
     1.   I am __[a minor over age 14, born __[date]__/identify
petitioner, showing any relationship to ward]__.
              [Add if petitioner is not defendant]
     2.   Defendant, __[name of ward]__, is __[e.g., a minor
under age 14/an incompetent person who is unable, without
assistance, to defend this proceeding]__, born __[date]__.
                           [Continue]
     [3.] __[I have/Name of ward has]__ been named as a defendant
in this action for __[briefly state nature of claim]__.
     [4.] No previous petition for appointment of a guardian ad
litem has been filed in this matter.
                      [Add if appropriate]
__[Name]__ was appointed __[guardian of the estate/conservator]__
for defendant by the Superior Court of _ _ _ _ _ _ County on
__[date]__, but has __[declined/failed]__ to defend this action.
                                     [Continue]
     [5.] __[I am/Name of proposed guardian ad litem is]__
qualified to serve as guardian ad litem for defendant for the
following reasons: __[Specify]__.
     I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the
State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
Date: _ _ _ _ _ _                                       [Signature]
                                                                                                         ___________________________
                                                                                                                                            __[Typed name]__
                                                                                                                                            Petitioner

    [Add if ward is age 14 or older or is incompetent person
                  who is capable of consenting]
     I consent to the appointment of __[name]__ as my guardian ad
litem in this proceeding.
Date: _ _ _ _ _ _                                          [Signature]
                                                                                                         ___________________________
                                                                                                                                            __[Typed name]__

      [Add if proposed guardian ad litem is not petitioner]
                             CONSENT
     I consent to act as guardian ad litem for __[name of minor
or incompetent]__ in the above action.
Date: _ _ _ _ _ _                                       [Signature]
                                                                                                         ___________________________
                                                                                                                                            __[Typed name]__
      

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