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NC-120

PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, and address):

FOR COURT USE ONLY

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ATTORNEY FOR (Name):

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF

STREET ADDRESS:

MAILING ADDRESS:

CITY AND ZIP CODE:

BRANCH NAME:

PETITION OF (Name of each petitioner):

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

filed a petition with this court

1. Petitioner (name):

for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name

Proposed name

Continued on Attachment 1.

2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter 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. Any person objecting to the name changes

described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter

is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written

objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date:

Time:

Dept.:

Room:

same as noted above

other (specify):

b. The address of the court is

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date

3. a.

set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper):

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.)

Form Adopted for Mandatory Use

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Code of Civil Procedure, § 1277

Judicial Council of California

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NC-120 [Rev. July 1, 2007]

(Change of Name)

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