Nogales international., 1936-02-15

THE STATE OF ARIZONA, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SANTA CRUZ.
In the Matter of the Adoption of
FRANK HAMPTON WATERS.
PETITION FOR LEAVE TO
ADOPT MINOR CHILD
To the Superior Court of the
State of Arizona, in and for the
County of Santa Cruz:
Come now your petitioners, E. Jay
Dittmer and Bernice Dittmer, and
respectfully represent and petition
the Court as follows:
That your petitioners desire to
adopt Frank Hampton Waters, q
male minor child of the age of
twenty-six months. That the true
names of the parents of said minor
child and the places of residence OF
said parents are unknown to your
petitioners, by reason Of which your
petitioners name said parents in
this petition as John Doe Waters
and Jane Doe. That the said par
ents of said minor child have will
fully deserted and neglected to pro-
vide any care or maintenance what
soever for said minor child for a
period of more than one year next
preceding the filing of this COM
plant. That said parents do not re-
side and cannot be found in the
State of Arizona, and that said
minor child does not have guard
ian or any next Of kin in the State
Of Arizona.
That said minor child was on
March 7, 1885, committed to the
Tennessee Children's Home Society,
corporation organized and exist
ing under the laws of the State OF
] Tennessee, by the Municipal Juven-
lie Court Of the City of Memphis,
State of Tennessee, the same being
the court having jurisdiction of such
matters, a certified copy of said or
der of commitment being filed with
this petition. That on or about May
18, 1885, said Tennessee Childrens
Home Society, guardian of said
minor child in the State of Ten
nessee, agreed in writing that your
petitioners may adopt said child
and said minor child was brought
from Nashville, State of Tennessee
to Nogales, Santa Cruz County
State of Arizona, to be adopted by
your petitioners. That said agree
ment of adoption is filed in this
Court with this petition.
Your petitioners further state
that they are capable of giving said
minor child all the advantages of
good home, including good associa-
tions and surroundings, careful
rearing and education, and that
they desire to adopt said minor
child as their own and to nurture
support and maintain said minor
child and to give said minor child
all the rights of inheritance and
succession as if born to them.
WHEREFORE, your petitioners
respectfully pray and petition the
Court:
l. That such proceeding be had
herein as may be ordered by the
Court, and that upon hearing here
on an order be made declaring that
from the date of final order OF
adoption said minor child, to all le-
gal intents and purposes, will be the
child of your petitioners and that
his name may be changed to John
woodbridge Dittmer
DATED this 10th day Of February
1886.
BERNICE DTTTMER
E. JAY DITTMER
Petitioners.
JAMES v. ROBINS
County Attorney of Santa Cruz
County, Arizona, Attorney for
Petitioners.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SANTA CRUZ.
In the Matter of the Adoption OF
FRANK HAMPTON WATERS.
ORDER
E. Jay Dittmer and Bernice Dit
mer, having filed their petition fol-
adoption of Frank Hampton Waters
a minor child, it is
ORDERED, that the matter OF
said petition shall be heard in the
Court Room of said Superior Court
in the Court House in the City OF
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, State
OF Arizona, on the 30th day OF
March, 1886, at the hour of ten
o'clock A. NJ, and that a copy OF
said petition and this order shall be
published once a week for three
CD successive weeks in the Nogales
international, a weekly newspaper
published and Of general circulation