Adoption Margarita Gomez and Maria Del Refugio Gomez

Walter Strawn, Jr., filed his verified petition in the District Court of El Paso County, Texas, for leave to adopt the minor girls, Margarita Gomez and Maria del Refugio Gomez. Petitioner alleged that he is a SSG-E 6 in the United States Army living in El Paso, Texas and the minor Margarita Gomez was born in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, on October 17, 1951, and Maria del Refugio Gomez was born in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, on July 4, 1957, both members of the white race, as is their mother. That he married their mother on October 13, 1958 and the two children have lived in the home of petitioner since said date. Since the children were not born in lawful wedlock, the written consent of the mother was obtained and both children appeared in person before the court and requested that the court grant the adoption, and Margarita Gomez, being over 14 years of age, gave her written consent to the adoption.