Fill and Sign the Petition Child Form

IN THE ___________ COURT OF _______________ (County), ________________ (State) _______________ PETITIONER V. CAUSE NO. ____________ _______________ RESPONDENT PETITION Comes now ________________ , Petitioner herein , and files this Petition to declare a minor child free from a parent's custody and control due to abandonment by said parent , and would state in support thereof the following: I. Petitioner is lawfully married to Respondent __________________ , from whom she is separated; is above the age of twenty-one (21) years of age; and resides at _________________ ______________________________________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code). The present address of Respondent is unknown to Petitioner. II. ____________________ is a minor child of the age of ____ years and now in the custody of Petitioner; the child was born to Petitioner and Respondent on ______________ (date of birth of minor child) . III. ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ (Description of facts constituting abandonment of child by Respondent) . IV. The child should be declared free from the custody and control of Respondent pursuant to ____________________ ( citation to state statute) . WHEREFORE, Petitioner requests that: 1. ________________ be declared free from the custody and control of Respondent; 2. Petitioner be awarded sole custody of ________________; and 3. Petitioner be granted such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper. Respectfully submitted this the _____ day of ______________, 20_____ by the undersigned Petitioner. _________________________ (Print Name of Petitioner)