Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-03-23
Order for Publication

The object of the Petition in
the above entitled matter is to
legalize the adoption of Judy
Marie Rivera by the Petitioners,
James Edward Anderson and
Madeline Theresa Anderson.
The Petition recites that the
petitioners, James Edward An
derson and Madeline Theresa
Anderson, his wife, are of the
Caucasion race, Catholic re-
ngion and reside at 1905 Con-
stance Street, Silver Spring,
Montgomery County, Maryland;
that the petitioner, James Ed
ward Anderson, is forty-four
years Of age, self-employed,
owning a grocery delicatessen
store with an annual income of
approximately Eighty-Five Hun
dred Dollars; that the petition
er, Madeline Theresa Anderson,
is thirty-nine years of age, a
housewife and is the aunt of the
minor, Judy Marie Rivera; that
the minor, Judy Marie Rivera,
is a female born in the City of
New York, on May 20, 1858;
that the minor was christened a
Catholic; that her natural
Mother was Patricia Karney,
305 West 18th Street, New York
City, New York, nonresident
of the State of Maryland; that
the alleged Father of said child
is Harry Rivera, address I'M
known, a nonresident of the
State of Maryland and a citizen
of Puerto Rico; that said minor
was born out Of wedlock; that
the Mother of the minor, Pa
tricia Karney is confined to the
| Manhattan State Hospital,
| Wards Island, New York City,
New York, and is being treated
for a mental condition and has
no means of support for the
minor child; that the petition
ers, James Edward Anderson
and Madeline Theresa Ander-
son, were lawfully married on
July 2, 1855, in New York City,
New York, and have been happi-
lily married with no children of
their own; that the minor has
been under their care, custody
and control and lives in an en-
vironment of happiness; that
the petitioners, James Edward
Anderson and Madeline Theresa
Anderson, have provided all the
support, clothing and the neces-
sites of life for said minor
since July, 1859; that the petit
TONERS, James Edward Ander-
I
son and Madeline Theresa An
derson, desire to adopt Judy
Marie Rivera and both are ap-
prised of the legal aspects; that
both petitioners are of good
character; that the petitioners,
living at the above address, re-
side in a three bedroom RAM
bier; that the petitioner, James
Edward Anderson, has a physi-
cal handicap which confines
him to a wheel chair, however,
he is physically able to support
his family adequately and has
been since 1852.
The petitioners, James Ed
ward Anderson and Madeline
Theresa Anderson, pray for the
legalizing of the adoption of
said minor child making said
child their heir at law and re-
quest that the adoptee's name
be changed from Judy Marie
Rivera to Judy Marie Anderson
. and ask that a Show Cause
Order be issued and for such
other and further relief as to
this Court seems just and pro-
per.
1t is, thereupon, this Bird day
of March, 1861, ordered, by the
Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, sitting in equity, that
the petitioners cause copy Of
this Order TO be inserted in
some newspaper published in
Montgomery County, Maryland,
once in each of three successive
weeks before the Bird day of
April, 1861, giving notice to said
nonresident Mother, Patricia
Karney, 305 West 18th Street,
New York, City, New York, and
giving notice to said non-resi-
dent Father, Harry Rivera, adj.
dress unknown, a nonresident
of the State of Maryland and a
citizen of Puerto Rico, of the
object and substance of said
Petition and warning each of
them to file their initial plead
ings therein on or before the
18th day of April, 1861, or, in
the alternative, that the non
resident Mother, Patricia Kar-
ney, 305 West 18th Street, New
York City, New York, and the
nonresident Father, Harry Ri
vera, address unknown, be per-
sonally served by causing a
copy of this order to be served
personally upon the non.resl-
dent Mother and the non-resi.
dent Father one month before
the last date herein mentioned.
RALPH G. SHURE
Judge