Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13
ROBERT PETER,
Solicitor for Petitioners.
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
In the Matter of the

In the Matter of the
Adoption of
James Elry McWilliams, Infant.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
No. 1924 Equity.
The object of this suit is to
procure the adoption of James
Elry McWilliams, infant, and to
change his name. The bill in sub
stance states that the petitioners,
William F. Fischer and Nina E.
Fischer are residents of Montgom-
cry County in the State of Mary
land, and are husband and wife /:
that prior to the year 1929, their
daughter Agnes Nina Fischer
was married to certain Bronzell
McWilliams, and thereafter on the
End day of May, A. D. 1929,
there was born to the said Agnes
Nina McWilliams and Bronzell
McWilliams, her husband, one son
to wit: James Elry McWilliams /:
that on the 18th day of April,
A. d. 1881. the said Bronzell Nc
Williams and Agnes Nina Nc
Williams were granted to them
an absolute divorce by the Su-
perior Court ofs-the State of
Washington in and for King
County, and in said decree the
said Agnes Nina McWilliams was
granted the custody of the said
James Elry McWilliams their
minor child, that ever since the
said James Elry McWilliams was
approximately four months old he
has made his home with the pe-
TONERS who are his grandparents
and is now residing with them;
that the petitioners now desire to
adopt the said James Elry Nc
Williams as their own child and to
make him an heir-at-law, to have
conferred upon him the same status
as he would have if he had been
born to the petitioners of their
said marriage, and to legally
change him name to James Elry
Fischer; that the said Agnes Nina
McWilliams who is the mother of
the said infant, gives her permis-
sion to such adoption, and the said
infant has expressed his desire for
the petitioners to adopt him, as
will more fully appear by refer
ence to her permission and his
desire expressed in writing and
filed with the petition; that the
petitioners believe and allege that
the best interest and welfare of
the said James Elry McWilliams
will be promoted by the passage
of a decree by the Circuit Court
declaring him the adopted child of
the petitioners, that the petition
ers are informed and believe, and
therefore aver that the said Bron-
zell McWilliams has remarked
since his said divorce, and resides
in the City of Seattle, in the
State of Washington, and is
nonresident of the State of Mary
land and that he has contributed
nothing to the support of said
child since said divorce.
The bill then prays that a de-
cree may be passed legalizing the
adoption of the said James Elry
McWilliams by the petitioners and
making him an heir-at-law of the
said petitioners, and comforting
upon the said infant the same
status as he would have if he had
been born to the petitioners of
their marriage, and that the name
of said child be changed to James
Elry Fischer, and for general re-
lief.
It is thereupon, this 18th day
of February A. D. 1941, by the
Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, as a Court of Equity,
ordered that the petitioners by
causing a copy of this order to be
inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in said Montgomery County
once in each Of four successive
weeks before the 22nd day of
March, 1941, notice to Bronzell
McWilliams who resides in the
City of Seattle, State of Wash
ington, and who is a nonresident
of the State of Maryland, of the
object and substance of this pc
ton, warning him to appear in
this Court, in person or by solicit
tor, on or before the 9th day of
April next, to show cause, if any
he has, why a decree ought to be
passed as prayed.
CHARLES w. WOODWARD,
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True COpy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS. Clerk.