In Re Bell's Estate

In July, 1929, Martin H. Bell and Mary E. Bell, bis wife, who lived on a farm in Sag inaw county, Michigan, adopted Gladys LaDuke, a minor child then about 11 years of age, through regular proceedings in the probate court of Saginaw county. Gladys’ father had died and when Gladys was 9 years of age her mother remarried and changed her name to J ones. Gladys continued to live with her mother for a while, then with her grandfather, and then she went to live with Mr. and Mrs. Bell for a year before they adopted her. Gladys was very fond of Mr. Bell, her great uncle, but had difficulty with Mrs.…