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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF KERN

In the Matter:
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APPLICATION FOR ORDER DISPENSING WITH NOTICE; DECLARATION; ORDER; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES; CODE OF CIV. PROC §1277; PROB CODE §1460	

COMES NOW, Petitioner ________________________ in the above-captioned matter makes this application for an order dispensing with notice.
This application is based on the Declaration of ___________________ and any and all attachments hereto.
Dated:__________________			_______________________________
						Petitioner in Propia Persona

DECLARATION
I, _____________________, do state and declare:
1.	I am the Petitioner in the above-captioned matter.  The facts stated in this Declaration are within my personal knowledge.  As to those statements made on information and belief, I believe them to be true.  This declaration is offered in support of my Application for Order Dispensing with Notice on other parent (father/mother), _______________________,  and for order of the court to dispense with notice.
2.	I am the father/mother of _____________________________, DOB:________________.
3.	I filed a Petition for Change of Name of Minor(s) on ________________.
4.	My request for the change of name is stated within the filed petition and is true and correct to my knowledge.
5.	I have no knowledge of the other parent, father/mother, location or whereabouts because:
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6.	(You must make attempts to locate father/mother/other party and show the attempts made) I have made attempts to locate the other parent on the following dates and as follows:
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7.	__________________________ last known location is in ___________________________.
8.	Therefore, I respectfully request that the Court find service to _________________________ be dispensed with notice and allowed for service by publication in the __________________ newspaper, as stated in the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct and that this Declaration was executed on the ______day of ___________, 20______ in Bakersfield, California.
Date:_________________				____________________________
							Petitioner in Pro Per

ORDER
Having read the foregoing Declaration of _________________________ and good cause appearing therein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that notice of hearing on the Petition for Change of Name for minor children _________________________________ is dispensed with notice to __________________.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: _______________________		______________________________
							Judge of the Superior Court

MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER DISPENSING WITH NOTICE
1.	[T]he court may order that notice be given in a manner that the court determines is reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the nonconsenting parent.  In that case, if the court determines that notice by publication is reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the nonconsenting parent, the court may determine that publication of the order to show cause pursuant to this subdivision is sufficient notice to the nonconsenting parent.
[Code Civil Proc. §1277(a)]
2.	The court for good cause may dispense with the notice otherwise required to be given to a person as provided in this section.
[Probate Code §1460(e)]