ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, and address): FOR COURT USE ONLY

TELEPHONE NO.: FAX NO. (Optional):

E-MAIL ADDRESS (Optional):
ATTORNEY FOR (Name):

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF IMPERIAL

939 W. Main Street
El Centro, CA 92243

PETITIONER:

CASE NUMBER:
EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR PUBLICATION OF CITATION
(CCP §415.50)

Application is hereby made for an order directing that citation in this action be served on the
minor’s father/mother ________________, by publication in ____________________, a
newspaper of general circulation, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 415.50.
In support of this application the undersigned states:

1. Petition to Declare Minor Free from Parental Custody and Control was filed __________,
and a citation was issued on that same date.

2. The father/mother cannot, with reasonable diligence, be located and served in any other
manner specified in Code of Civil Procedure Section 415.10 through 415.50.

3. All prior attempts to serve the father/mother have been unsuccessful. Petitioner has made
the following efforts to learn respondent’s whereabouts:

a. On _______________, I went to the father’s/mother’s last known address at:

_____________________________________________________________________

in an effort to learn his/her whereabouts.

At that address, I talked to:___________________________________ , who told me

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

There was no one available to speak with.

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b. On ________________, I contacted the father’s/mother’s family members

(1)____________________________________,
(2)___________________________, and
(3)_________________________, who told me (be very specific)
_________________________________________________________________,
with regard to his/her whereabouts.

c. On ________________, I contacted father’s/mother’s last known employer,

__________________________________ at ________________________________
who told me the following with regard to respondent’s whereabouts:
_____________________________________________________________________
d. On ______________, I checked the property tax rolls for ____________________
County and did not find the father’s/mother’s name.
e. On ______________, I checked voter registration for _______________________
County and did not find the father’s/mother’s name.
f. On ______________, I checked the public phone book in ____________________
County and there was no listing for the father/mother.
g. I also made the following additional attempts to locate respondent:
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
is true and correct.

Dated:______________________ Signed:_________________________________________
Petitioner

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