NC-120 PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, and address): FOR COURT USE ONLY TELEPHONE NO.: E-MAIL ADDRESS (Optional): ATTORNEY FOR (Name): FAX NO. (Optional): 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 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner (name): for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. b. c. d. e. Continued on Attachment 1. CASE NUMBER: filed a petition with this court Proposed name to to to to to 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: b. The address of the court is Time: same as noted above Dept.: other (specify): Room: 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): Other (specify): b. 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 Judicial Council of California NC-120 [Rev. July 1, 2007] ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (Change of Name) Code of Civil Procedure, § 1277 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com