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requesting the issuance of an order authorizing her to consent to
the performance or inducement of an abortion without the
notification of her parent.

 
2.__Petition requirements.__The petition must be made under
oath and must include all of the following:

 
A.__A statement that the petitioner is pregnant;

 
B.__A statement that the petitioner is unemancipated;

 
C.__A statement that the petitioner wishes to have an
abortion without the notification of her parent;

 
D.__An allegation of one or both of the following:

 
(1)__That the petitioner understands the risks and
consequences and is sufficiently mature and informed to
intelligently decide whether to have an abortion
without the notification of her parent; or

 
(2)__That the petitioner's parent has engaged in a
pattern of physical or sexual abuse against her or that
the notification of her parent otherwise is not in her
best interest; and

 
E.__A statement as to whether the petitioner has retained an
attorney and, if she has retained an attorney, the name,
address and telephone number of her attorney.

 
§8403.__Procedural provisions

 
1.__Hearing; judgment; constructive order.__The court shall
fix a time for a hearing on any petition filed under this chapter
and shall keep a record of all testimony and other oral
proceedings in the action.__The court shall hear and determine
the action and may not refer any portion of it to a referee.__The
hearing must be held at the earliest possible time, but not later
than the 5th business day after the day that the petition is
filed.__The court shall enter judgment on the petition
immediately after the hearing is concluded.__If the hearing
required by this section is not held by the 5th business day
after the petition is filed, the failure to hold the hearing is
deemed to be a constructive order of the court authorizing the
petitioner to consent to the performance or inducement of an
abortion without the notification of her parent, and the
petitioner and any other person may rely on the constructive
order as if the court actually had issued an order under this
section authorizing the petitioner to consent to the performance


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