9.1.2.010 Institution of Proceedings

(a) Proceedings under this Code may be instituted as follows:

(1) Any person or agency having knowledge of a child in the Pueblo who appears to be delinquent, dependent, abandoned or neglected may petition the Children's Court so that a hearing can be held in the matter.

(2) The petitioner shall request that eh Clerk of the Court draw up a petition which shall be signed by the petitioner having knowledge of the facts.

(3) The petition must state the facts which constitute the allegations of the dependency, neglect or the pre-delinquency; it must include the name and address of the parents, the name and age of the child involved and those of the child's spouse, if there be one. If any of the facts required by the petition are not known or cannot be ascertained by the petitioner, the petition shall so state.