The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1918-08-16
CHARLES W. CLAGETT, Solicitor
for Plaintiff.
URDER OF i OBLIGATION
MARTHA COLLINS, Plaintiff,
vs.
ROBERT L. COLLINS, Defendant.
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Md.
CHARLES W. CLAGETT, Solicitor
In the Circuit Court for Prince
GEORGES County. Md.
No. $3.50 Equity


THE object of this suit is to secure a
i divorce a vinculo matrimonii by
the plaintiff, Martha Collins, from the
defendant, r, bert l.. Collins The bill
of complaint states that the plaintiff,
Martha Co lins, is citizen of the
United States and of the State of Mary
land, an has been for three years last
past a resident Of Prince Georges
County and of said State. That the
defendant, RI bert l.. Collins, is citi
zen of the United State and a non-resi-
dent of the State of Maryland, That
the said plaintiff and defendant were
united in the bonds of matrimony at
Rockville, Maryland, on the 18th day
of March, 1910, and that the only living
offspring of said marriage is Elinor
Clara Collins. now six years of age and
residing with the plaintiff in the home
of her father at Silecia, Prince Georges
County, Maryland, where the plaintiff
and her said child have continuously
resided since the month of May, 1915
That the conduct of said plaintiff to-
ward her said husband, Robert L.
Collins, has always been kind, affection
ate and above reproach; that the said
Robert l.. Collins, without just cause
OF TedSOH, dUduuOutu anu ucSCIlGN u6I
and that such abandonment has con
tinued unlnterrupfedy for at least three
years and is deliberate and fina, and
that the separation of the parties is be-
yond any reasonable expectation Of
recoDc liation TIA. The said defend
ant ohabtated with the plaintiff in the
D strict of Columbia from the date of
their marriage until April 7, 1915, and
hat q S1lH faf fa nj
since said date. That she is informed
and b leves that said detcr dant, with
out her knowledge and without making
any arrangements for the care and
ma n enaDce of the plaintiff and their
infant Chi d, enlisted on the nth day
of June 1915, in the United States Army
and shortly thereafter went as a mem
beI of said Army to the Philippine
Islands; that from the time said defend
ant deserted and abandoned the plaint-
if and her said infant child up to the
Jrest NJ time he has failed to provide
them with IA home or maintenance, aud
that the only contribution lie has made
toward their support has been an aIlot-
ment of eight dollars per month made
out of his salary by the ar Depart
ment, which allotment was paid by the
Department for twenty months prior to
October l, 1917; that upon the eXpira-
tiOn OF SAID allotment the defendant
ceased to contribute anything to the
support and maintenance of the paint
If and her said child. That uDon the
desertiouand abandonment of the plaint
if by the defendant on April Z, 1915,
she and he said child were left in des-
titute circumstances and she was COM
PEELED to return to her fathers home in
Prince Georges. County, Maryland,
where she and her said child have ever
since resided.
1he bill of complaint prays that the
plaintiff be divorced vinculo matri-
monli from the GtiAndant, Robert l..
Coll rs; that the plaintiff be awarded
the custody of her infant child, Elinor
Clara Collins; for general relief and an
order of publication against the defend
ant, who is a nonresident of the State
of Maryland
1t is lhereupon, this 10th day of July
1918, ordered by the CuCuit Court for
Prince Georges County. Maryland, in
Equity, that the plaintiff, by causing a
copy of this order TO he inserted in
some newspaper, published in said
Prince Georges County, once in each
of four successive weeks before the 18th
day of August 1918, give notice to said
absent defend danL OF the object and sub
stance of this bill, and warning him to
,pear in this court in person or by
solicitor on or before the 5th day of
September next, to show cause, if any