Opinion
Case No. 2:11-cv-02426-JAM -CMK
09-14-2011
Steven M. McCarthy, Esq., No. 85433
McCARTHY LAW OFFICES
Attorney for Plaintiffs
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM; ORDER
Petitioner, Carol Bane declares that:
1. Petitioner is the natural mother of Plaintiff Kelsey Bane, bora January 20.1999. who is now 12 years of age.
2. Said minor and myself have causes of action against Defendants herein for damages for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on September 21, 2009, as the result of the negligence of Defendants in the operation of their vehicle on 1-5 near Redding, California. Said causes of action are more fully set forth in the complaint on file herein.
3. Said minor has has no general guardian, nor guardian of her estate.
4. Petitioner is an adult competent to act as guardian ad litem herein and the natural mother of the said minor, and is willing to serve as the guardian ad litem for the minor and is fully capable of understanding and protecting the rights of die minor and has no Interest adverse to that of the minor,
WHEREFORE, petitioner prays that she be appointed guardian ad litem for her daughter, Kelsey Bane, to prosecute the above-described cause of actions on her behalf.
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Carol Bane
VERIFICATION
I, Carol Bane, am the petitioner In the above-entitled proceeding. I have read the foregoing petition and know the contents thereof. The same is true of my own knowledge, except as to those matters which are therein represented on information and belief, and as to those matters, 1 believe it to he true. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
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Carol Bane
So Ordered.
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Judge of the United States District Court
Eastern District of California