Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-09-25
H. C. Smith, Sol.
Rockville Nd

Sitting as a Court of Equity
EX PARTE in the Matter of the
Petition of ROBERT F. LAMAN-
MA and MELBA NJ. LAMANNA,
his wife, 1916 Flower Avenue,
Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Maryland. For the Adop-
tion of KAREN EUTOPHIA
NICHOLS, an infant female,
1916 Flower Avenue, Takoma
Park, Montgomery County, Md.
No. 622 adoption Equity
Order of Publication
The object of this proceeding is
to declare the infant female, Karen
Eutophia Nichols, to be the legally
adopted child of the petitioners,
Robert F. LaManna and Melba M.
LaManna, and to change the name
of said infant to Eutophia Karen
LaManna.
The petition states that the Pc
titioners, Robert F. LaManna and
Melba M. LaManna, are husband
and wife, having been married on
the 21st day of April, 1851, and
that your petitioners reside at 1916
Flower Avenue, Takoma Park,
Montgomery County, Maryland.
That there are no children born
as a result of this marriage.
That your petitioner, Melba M.
LaManna, heretofore was married
to Alden L. Nichols, whose last
known address is the United States
Navy, U.S.S. Strong, Norfolk, Vir-
ginia. That efforts to contact the
said Alden L. Nichols by registered
mail have been unavailing.
That the infant child, Karen Eu-
tophia Nichols, is the only natural
child of your petitioner, Melba M.
LaManna and Alden L. Nichols,
who was born on the 18th day of
September, 1948, in Asheville,
North Carolina; and that all the
parties to this cause are of White
Race and of Catholic Faith.
That the marriage between your
petitioner, Melba M. LaManna and
Alden L. Nichols was duly dis
solved by decree of divorce a
vinculo matrimonii in the Superior
Court of the County of Buncombe,
State of North Carolina, by the
decree dated the 7th of March,
1850, of said Court which also
states that the full and complete
custody of said child Karen Eu-
tophia Nichols is awarded to her
mother.
That your petitioners, Robert F.
LaManna and Melba M. LaManna,
his wife, were duly married on the
21st day of April, 1851, in the
City of Washington, District of
Columbia, and that since marriage
the above name infant, Karen Eu-
tophia Nichols, has always lived
with them in their home as their
daughter and that your petitioner
Robert F. LaManna has provided
for the support and maintenance
of the said infant and treats her
with all the care, attention, love
and affection that parents should
give to a natural daughter, and
the said Robert F. LaManna de-
sires to have the said infant, Karen
Eutophia Nichols, stand in the
same position as if she were his
daughter; that your petitioner,
Melba M. LaManna, natural moth
er of said child, believes that it
will be to the hest interest and
advantage of the said infant, Karen
Eutophia Nichols, to be adopted by
the petitioner, Robert F. LaManna,
and that the child's name be
changed to Eutophia Karen La
Mamma, and joins herein for the
purpose of consenting to such pro-
ceedings.
1t is, thereupon, this Sth day of
September, 1852, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Sitting as Court of Equity, OR
DERED that the Petitioners, by
causing a copy of this order with
the object and substance of the
Petition to be inserted in some
newspaper published in Montgom-
cry County, once a week for four
successive weeks, before the 4th
day of October next, giving notice
of the object and substance of this
petition to whom it may concern
to be and appear in this Court in
person, or by Solicitor, on or be-
fore the 9th day of October, 1862,
to show cause, if any he has, why
a decree should not be passed here
in as prayed.
STEDMAN PRESCOTT
Judge of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Md.
True Copy-Test:
Clayton K. Watkins, Clerk 1047