Trying to restore an ipad

MMy niece has forgotten her iPad passcode and disabled the iPad. Unfortunately it has find my iphine installed but she does not know here icloud account or the email it sends the reminder to. Is there a way to restore it

Try recovery mode, see half-way down this page : Forgot passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled - Apple Support
When it's been reset back to factory defaults you/she will be prompted to enter the id and password of the account that it's locked to in Settings > iCloud, but you should see the first letter of the email address and the email provider's name which will hopefully let her work out the account's full id.
If not then you could try going to an Apple store or contacting iTunes Support (http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/) and see if they can remove the iPad from the account - they are likely to want to see proof of ownership before they might help e.g. original receipt with the serial number on it

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