Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-22
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

The object OF this suit is for the
the purpose of adopting Baby Girl
Hunt and to change her name to
Alice Fletcher Horsky.
The petition in substance states
that petitioners are residents of
Montgomery County, Maryland,
and are husband and wife; that
the surname of the person to be
adopted is Hunt; that she has
no given name and is therefore
referred to in this petition as Baby
Girl Hunt; she is a female child,
and was born at Doctors Hospital,
1915 | Street, N. W., Washington,
d. c., on September l, 1917; the
natural mother of Baby Girl Hunt is
Elizabeth Hunt, also known as
frankie Falls Hunt, whose present
address is Warrenton, Virginia;
and was not married on September
1, 1947, when said child was born;
that her former husband, William
B. Hunt, obtained final decree of
divorce a vinculo matrimonii on
July 2, 1947 in the Circuit Court
of Farquier County, Virginia, on
the ground of abandonment and
desertion for more than two years;
the name and address of the nat
ural father of Baby Girl Hunt is
not known to petitioners; and the
address of said William B. Hunt
is not known to petitioners; that
petitioner Charles Antoine Horsky
resides at 1927 Pinecrest Circle,
Silver Spring, Maryland; he is 38
years of age and is a lawyer; that
petitioner Barbara Egleston Hor-
sky also resides at 1927 Pineerest
Circle, Silver Spring, Maryland;
she is SO years old and is a house.
wife; that petitioners immediate
family consists of two children,
Margaret Ellen Horsky and An
tone Bowden Horsky, both adopt
ed; that Baby Girl Hunt is not
related in any way to petitioners;
that Baby Girl Hunt and Eliza
beth Hunt and Petitioners are of
the white race and are protest
ants; that Doctors Hospital is not
licensed under the laws of Mary
land. with reference to foster
homes, as it not physically located
within said state; that since No
vember 10, 1947, petitioners have
been licensed under the laws
relating to foster homes; that pc
titioners desire the name of said
infant to be changed to Alice
Fletcher Horsky; that Elizabeth
Hunt consented to the adoption
of said infant on November 10,
1947, and her affidavit of consent
is attached to the petition; that
the petitioners are persons of good
moral character, financially able to
properly provide for the care,
maintenance and education Of said
infant and they have become
greatly attached to her and they
believe her best interest and well
fare will be promoted by her adop-
ton; and petitioners are informed
and believe and, therefore, aver,
that said infant has no estate
whatsoever.
1t is thereupon this Both day
of March, A. d. 1913, by the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
ty, as a Court of Equity, ordered
that the petitioners Charles An
tone Horsky and Barbara Egleston
Horsky, by causing copy of this
order to be inserted in some week.
ly newspaper, published in said
Montgomery County, once in each
of four successive weeks before
the LIST day of May, A. D., 1948,
giving notice to the absent Will
liam B. Hunt, and to the natural
father of Baby Girl Hunt, Of the
object and substance of this pc
tition, and warning them to be and
appear in this Court, in person or
by solicitor, on or before the 18th
day of May, A. d. 194S, to show
cause, If any they may have, why
a decree ought not TO be passed
as prayed.
STEDMAN PRESCOTT,
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS.
ACT p, Clark