Art. 3992.Petition Requirements

Whichever of the three tracks Article 3991 describes a petition follows, Article 3992 holds it to the same content requirements and requires it to be verified by every petitioner, not only the minor or only the parents or tutor filing on the minor's behalf.

Five items have to appear in the petition with particularity. The first is the minor's name, domicile, age, and current address if known. The second is the names and current addresses of the minor's parents and any tutors, again if known. The third is the reasons supporting a finding of good cause for the emancipation, since good cause is what a court ultimately has to find before granting relief. The fourth applies only when limited, rather than full, emancipation is being requested: the petition has to identify the specific effects of majority sought to be conferred on the minor, which sets up the judgment content Article 3995 later requires. The fifth is a descriptive list of the minor's property, including its location where known.

Requiring that property inventory reflects what is at stake procedurally: emancipation can free a minor to manage property or enter contracts, so the court needs a baseline picture of what the minor owns to evaluate the petition, particularly a request for limited emancipation confined to specific financial powers. That inventory also lays the groundwork for Article 3998's later recordation requirements where the minor owns immovable property.