Form Approved for Mandatory Use
L-2706
[New. January 1, 2022]
PETITION FOR DECLARING MINOR CHILD(REN) FREE FROM
PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL
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Fam. Code, §§ 7800 – 7895,
Prob. Code § 1516.5
ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY STATE BAR NUMBER:
NAME:
FIRM NAME:
STREET ADDRESS:
CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE:
TELEPHONE NO.:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
ATTORNEY FOR (name):
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ORANGE
Lamoreaux Justice Center: - 341 The City Drive, Orange, CA 92868-3205
PETITION FOR DECLARING CHILD(REN) FREE FROM
PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL
1. The petitioner(s) _____________________________________________ respectfully represent(s) and allege(s)
that the child(ren) listed below is/are a person(s) under the age of 18 and that said person(s) is/are within the County
of Orange:
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
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2. Petitioner(s) request(s) an order and judgment declaring the child(ren) free from the custody and control of:
Relationship to Child(ren)
City/State of Birth
____________________________
____________________________
pursuant to the following statutes:
The child(ren) has/have been left without provision for the child’s identification by the child(ren)’s
parent(s).
The child(ren) has/have been left by the parent(s) named above in the care and custody of another
person for a period of six months without any provision for the child(ren)’s support, or without
communication from the parent(s), with the intent on the part of the parent(s) to abandon the
child(ren).
The parent(s) named above has/have left the child(ren) in the care and custody of the other parent
for a period of one year without any provision for the child(ren)’s support, or without communication
from the parent(s), with the intent on the parent(s) to abandon the child(ren).
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Abandonment commenced (date) ________________ and continued through (date) _________________.
Family Code section 7823 – The child(ren) has/have been neglected or cruelly treated by the parent(s)
named above, the child(ren) has/have been a dependent of the juvenile court, and the parent(s) have been
deprived of the child(ren)’s custody for one year before the filing of this petition.
Family Code section 7824 – The parent(s) named above suffer(s) a disability because of the habitual use
of alcohol or drugs, the child(ren) has/have been a dependent of the juvenile court, and the parent(s)
has/have been deprived of the child(ren)’s custody for one year before filing this petition.