Section 12-15-52

Form, contents and execution of petitions.

(a) A petition may be signed by any person who has knowledge ofthe facts alleged or is informed of them and believes that they are true.

(b) A petition shall be entitled "In the matter of …, achild" and shall be verified by the person who signs it.

(c) The petition shall set forth with specificity:

(1) The facts which bring the child within the jurisdiction of thecourt, the facts constituting the dependency, delinquency or need of supervisionand that the child is in need of supervision, treatment, rehabilitation, careor the protection of the state, as the case may be;

(2) The name, age and residence address, if any, of the child onwhose behalf the petition is brought;

(3) The names and residence addresses, if known to the petitioner,of the parents, guardian or custodian of the child. If no parent, guardianor custodian resides or can be found within the state or if their respectiveplaces of residence are unknown, the name of any known adult relative residingwithin the district or, if there be none, the known adult relative residingnearest to the location of the court; and

(4) The place of the child's detention and the time he was takeninto custody, if the child in custody is delinquent or in need of supervision.

(d) When any of the facts required by subsection (c) of this sectionare not known, except the facts required by subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section, the petitionshall so state.

(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-115.)