Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-12-12
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

Ane OBJECT OF thlS suit is Ior
the adoption of Moses Wesley
Eatton, Ill, infant, by Richard
harris and Hilda Y. Hatton Har-
lis, his wife, and for the change
Of sthe name of the said Moses
Wesley Hatton, III, to Wesley
Bachelor Harris.
The petition states in substance
that the petitioners, Richard Har-
riss and Hilda Y. Hatton Harris,
his wife, are residents of Mont
gotnery County, State of Mary
land, residing at 1875 Old Bla-
densburg Road, Silver Spring,
Maryland, that the petitioner Hilda
Y. Hatton Harris, is the mother
Of Zone Moses Wesley Hatton, III,
infant, born on January IA, 1887,
Of "a previous marriage to the de-
PENDANT herein, the said Moses w.
Hatton, which said marriage was
dissolved by a decree Of divorce
of the Circuit Court for Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, dated the
18th day of May, 1914, in which
proceedings the custody of the said
infant child was awarded to the
petitioner, Hilda Y. Hatton Harris,
certified copy of said decree be-
ing flied with said petition, mark
ed Plaintiffs Exhibit No. /; that
the natural father of the said
Moses Wesley Hatton, III, is the
defendant, Moses w. Hatton, who
resides at 800 Fifth Avenue, Seat
tle, Washington, who has not con.
tributed any money whatsoever to
said child's support since March,
1913; that the petitioners, Hilda
Y. Hatton Harris, and Richard
Harris. were married on the 3rd
day of June, 1945, at Rockville,
Maryland, and have lived together
as husband and wife since said
date continuously up to the time
of the filing of this petition, that
the infant, Moses Wesley Hatton,
III, has been in the care and Gus
tody of the petitioners since their
said marriage, and prior to said
marriage and from the date Of
the decree of divorce between
Hilda Y. Hatton and Moses w.
Hatton, the said infant child has
been in the care and custody of the
said Hilda Y. Hatton Harris. that
the petitioners, Richard Harris
and Hilda Y. Hatton Harris, his
wife, desire to adopt the said child.
Moses Wesley, Hatton, III, and to
change his name to Wesley Batch
elor Harris and to make him in
all respects their own legal child
and heir at law; that the best IN
terest and welfare of the said in
FAINT Moses Wesley Hatton, III,
will be promoted by such adoption;
that the petitioners attach to said
petition affidavits of three respec-
table citizens of Montgomery
County, Maryland, as evidence of
their fitness to adopt said child,
said Exhibits being marked Exhi-
bits No. 2, 3 and a, respectively.
The petition prays that the
Court may pass an order declaring
the said infant child, Moses Wesley
Hatton, Ill, mentioned in the pro-
ceedings, to be the adopted child
Of the petitioners, Richard Harris
and Hilda Y. Hatton Harris, and
that the name of said infant child
be changed from Moses Welsey
Hatton, Ill, to Wesley Bachelor
Harris; that the petitioners may
have such other and further relief
as their case may require and to
the Court may seem proper.
1t is, thereupon, this 18th day
Of November, nineteen hundred
and forty-six, by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, sitting as
a Court of Equity, and by author
ity thereof, adjudged and ordered
that the petitioners, by publishing
a copy of this Order in some news
paper published in said Montgom'
cry County, once in each of -four
successive weeks before the 21st
day of December, 1916, give notice
to the said absent defendant
Moses w. Hatton, who resides at
800 Fifth Avenue, SEATTLE, Wash
ington, of the object and substance
of this petition, warning him to be
and appear in this Court in per.
son or by Solicitor, on or before
the 9th day of January, 1947, and
to answer to the said petition and
abide by and perform such decree
as may be passed therein.
~ STEDMAN PRESCOTT,
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, Md