California · Probate Code
PROB §3121: The petition shall set forth all of the following information: (a) The name, age, and residence of each spouse.
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A petition must include each spouse's name, age, and residence address.
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The petition shall set forth all of the following information: (a) The name, age, and residence of each spouse. (b) If one or both spouses is alleged to lack legal capacity for the proposed transaction, a statement that the spouse has a conservator or a statement of the facts upon which the allegation is based. (c) If there is a conservator of a spouse, the name and address of the conservator, the county in which the conservatorship proceeding is pending, and the court number of the proceeding. (d) If a spouse alleged to lack legal capacity for the proposed transaction is a patient in or on leave of absence from a state institution under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, the name and address of the institution. (e) The names and addresses of all of the following persons: (1) Relatives within the second degree of each spouse alleged to lack legal capacity for the proposed transaction. (2) If the petition is to provide gifts or otherwise affect estate planning of the spouse who is alleged to lack capacity, as would be properly the subject of a petition under Article 10 (commencing with Section 2580) of Chapter 6 of Part 4 (substituted judgment) in the case of a conservatorship, the names and addresses of the persons identified in Section 2581. (f) A sufficient description of the property that is the subject of the proposed transaction. (g) An allegation that the property is community property, and, if the proposed transaction involves property in which a spouse also has a separate property interest, an allegation of good cause to include that separate property in the transaction. (h) The estimated value of the property. (i) The terms and conditions of the proposed transaction, including the names of all parties thereto. (j) The relief requested.
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