Nogales international., 1939-12-02

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA
CRUZ
In the Matter of the Adoption of
! MARY HELEN ADAMS, also known
as MARY HELEN GOWEN.
PETITION FOR LEAVE TO ADOPT
MINOR CHILD
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN
IA CRUZ:
Comes now your petitioners,
Charles Harold McNulty and Gladys
Louise McNulty, husband and wife,
and respectfully represent and petit
ton the Court as follows:
That your petitioners are hus-
band and wife and reside in the
City of Nogales, Santa Cruz Coun-
ty, State of Arizona. That your pc
titioners desire to adopt Mary Helen
Adams, also known as Mary Hele-
Gowen, minor child who We
born on or about November IL, 1889
at Phoenix, Arizona. That one Eo
win j. Gowen (also known as Ed
win j. Gowan) is the father of
said child and that one Eileen Ad-
ans is the mother of said child.
That said minor child is now reSid-
ing with your petitioners at Nogales,
Arizona. Your petitioners are IN
formed and believe and therefore
| allege that said mother of said child
resides at Phoenix in Maricopa coun-
ty, Arizona That your petitioners
do not know the place of residence
or address of the father of said
child but are informed and believe
that said father of said child is
outside of the State of Arizona at
some place which is unknown to
your petitioners. Your petitioners
further state and represent that the
mother of said child has in writing
consented and agreed that said
child may be legally adopted by your
petitioners, which written consent
and agreement is hereto attached,
marked Exhibit A and made part
hereof.
Your petitioners further state
that they are capable of giving said
minor child all the advantages OF
a good home, including good asso-
Citations 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 sue
ceSsion as if born to them.
! WHEREFORE, your petitioners
respectfully pray and petition the
Court that such proceedings 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 adop-
! tion said miner child, to all legal
intents and purposes, will be the
child of your petitioners, and that
her name may be changed to Mary
Helen McNulty.
DATED this 9th day of Novem-
ber, 1885,
CHARLES HAROLD McNULTY,
GLADYS LOUISE McNULTY,
Petitioners.
JAMES V. ROBINS,
County Attorney CT Santa
Cruz County, Arizona, At
torney for Petitioners.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN
ia CRUZ
In the Matter of the Adoption of
MARY HELEN ADAMS, also known
as MARY HELEN GOWEN.
ORDER
Charles Harold McNulty and
Gladys Louise McNulty, husband
and wife, having filed in this Court
their petition for the adoption of
Mary Helen Adams, also known as
Mary Helen Gowen, 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 No
gales, Santa Cruz County, State of
Arizona, on the oath day OF Janu-