In Re: Petition for Adoption

The petitioners, Lee Gaban and Clorene Gaban, his wife, on June 20, 1945, under the several provisions of Chapter 21759, Laws of Florida (Sections 72.07 to 72.26, Fla. Stats. 1941), presented to the Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida, their petition praying for an order of adoption of an unnamed girl child born June 18, 1945, to Kathering Snipes and husband, W.B. Snipes, at the Memorial Hospital in Fort Pierce, Florida. The consent of the natural parents as required by Section 8 of Chapter 21759, supra, (Section 72.14, F.S. 1941) was evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by…