Atkins v. Gose

This is an appeal by Dorothy Ina Atkins from a decree of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County ordering that her infant child, John Russell Atkins, born February 26, 1944, be the adopted child of Jesse Earl Gose and Dorothy Frances Gose, his wife, and that the name of the infant be changed to John Russell Gose.

The briefs and appendices in this case contain no testimony. We must, therefore, rely on the opinion of the Chancellor and certain letters from the Prince George’s County Welfare Board and the briefs for the facts in this case.

The appellant married Andrew J. Atkins on June 17,…