Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-11-01
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

The object OF this proceeding is
to procure q decree declaring the
said infant, Teresa Kirk, to be the
legally adopted child of the pc
titioners, Theodore Raines and
Ruth H. Raines, his wife, to
change the name of the said infant
to Linda Ann Raines and for gen
eral relief.
The petition states that the pc
tltloners are citizens of the United
states and residents of Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, residing at
1l5 Elm Avenue, Takoma Park,
Maryland, and that they have re-
sided at the aforesaid address for
more than eight years preceding
the. filing of said petition; that the
petitioners are husband and wife
having been married in Rockville,
Maryland, by a Minister of the
Gospel, on the oath day of Feb
ruary, 1881, and that they have
lived together as husband and wife
continuously since the said mar
riage.
That the said infant, Teresa
Kirk, was born on the 18th day of
June, 1915, in the City of Wash
lngton, District of Columbia; that
the natural parents of the said
infants are unable to provide a
proper home for her; that the said
infant was placed in the care of
petitioners on the goth day of
June, 1915, and that she has re-
manned with them to the present
time; that petitioners have treated
the said infant as though she were
their natural child and have deveI-
oped the same love and affection
for her as though she had been
born to them; that the petitioners.
Theodore Raines and Ruth H.
Raines, his wife, desire to adopt
the said infant, Teresa Kirk, to
change her name to Linda Ann
Raines, and to make her in all
respects their own legal child and
heir at law.
That the natural mother of said
infant has consented in writing
to the adoption of said infant by
petitioners, said written consent
being attached to said petition.
That the petitioner, Theodore
Raines, is a plumbing and heat
ing contractor; that the petitioner,
Ruth H. Raines, is not employed
but devotes her entire time and
attention to her home; that the pc
titioners are able to provide good
home, proper maintenance, and
educational advantages for said in
FAINT child. That no children have
been born to petitioners as a re-
suit of their marriage and that
they have no children by adoption.
The Petition then prays that a
decree be passed declaring said in
FAINT to be the legally adopted child
Of petitioners, that her name be
changed TO Linda Ann Raines, and
for general relief.
1t is thereupon, this 9th day of
September, 1915, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, sitting as a Court Of
Equity, ordered that the petition
ers, by causing a copy of this
order to be inserted in some news
paper published in Montgomery
County, Maryland, once in each Of
four successive weeks before the
Bird day of November, 1915, give
notice TO the husband of the nat
ural mother Of the said infant, AL
bert Kirk, who is a nonresident of
the State of Maryland, Of the OBJ
ject and substance Of thir Petition,
and warning him TO be and appear
in this Court in person or by So
licitor, on or before the 10Th day
of November, 1945, TO show cause,
if any he has, why a decree ought
not be passed as prayed.
~ STEDMAN PRESCOTT,
Judge of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Md.
True COpy-Teet:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS.
81 Clerk