Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-15
JAMES H. PUGH,
Solicitor for Petitioners,
Rockville, Maryland.
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

In the Matter of the Petition of
Samuel J. Waddell and Helen
F. Waddell, his wife, for the
Adoption and Change Of Name
of Jack L. Parker.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SITTING AS A COURT
OF EQUITY.
No. 1O28O Equity.
The object of this suit is the
adoption of Jack L. Parker, an
infant, by Samuel j. Waddell and
Helen P. Waddell, his wife, and
for the change of name of said
Jack L. Parker to Jack L. Parker
Waddell. The petition in this
case states in substance that the
petitioners, Samuel j. Waddell
and Helen P. Waddell are resi-
dents at IL Leland Court, Chevy
Chase, Montgomery County, Mary
land, and that the said infant,
Jack L. Parker, was born on the
18th day of March, 1925, his age
now being sixteen years; that one
of the petitioners, Helen P. Wad-
dell, is the mother of said infant
child by prior marriage. she
being the wife of one John l..
Parker until the 9Th day of Sep
TENDER, 1928, when by decree of
the Circuit Court for Mercer
County, State Of West Virginia,
she was divorced VancuLO mGt7i-
meo9aii from her former husband,
John L. Parker, a certified copy
of said decree being filed as
Petitioners Exhibit No. 1" in
said cause; that the petitioner,
Samuel j. Waddell, married the
other petitioner, Helen P. Wad-
dell, on the 18th day of October,
1886, and that they are living
together as husband and wife; that
the said infant child, Jack L.
Parker, has been in the care and
custody of one of the petitioners,
his mother, Helen P. Wadden,
continuously since his birth, and
in the care and custody of both
of the petitioners since their said
marriage; that the father of said
infant child, John L. Parker, re-
sides in Bluefeld, in the State of
West Virginia, but that his exact
address is unknown; that the pc
titioners, Samuel j. Waddell and
Helen P. Waddell desire to adopt
said infant, Jack L. Parker, to
change his name to Jack L. Par
ker Waddell, and to make him in
all respects their own legal child
and heir at law.
The petition then prays the
Court: ~ To pass a decree de-
c1aring the infant child. Jack l..
Parker, mentioned in this petition,
to be the adopted child of the
petitioners and that the name of
said infant be changed to Jack
L. Parker Waddell. (2) That
your petitioners may have such
other and further relief as the
case may require and to the Court
may seem just and proper.
It is thereupon, this 9th day of
January, A. D. 1912, by the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
ty, Sitting as Court of Equity,
and by authority thereof, ad-
judged and ordered that the pc
toners, by publishing a copy of
this Order in some newspaper
printed and published in said
Montgomery County once in each
of three successive weeks before
the 7th day of February, Nine
teen Hundred and Forty-two, Civ
ing notice to the said absent de-
PENDANT, John L. Parker, who re-
sides somewhere in the City of
Bluefeld in the State of West
Virginia, of the object and sub
stance of this petition, warning
him to be and appear in this
Court, in person or by solicitor
on or before the 23rd day of
February. Nineteen Hundred and
Forty-two, and to answer to the
said petition and abide by and
perform such decree as may he
passed therein.
STEDMAN PRESCOTT,
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True COpy-Test: :.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
$50 Clerk.