as she first thought. Anne and Paul are soon married, despite the disapproval of Anne's rich father, Henry. Anne Fletcher gives birth to Paul's son, whom they name Johnny, and this wins the approval of Henry and his wife Helene of their daughter's marriage to Paul. In 1959, Dick and Marie Grant find themselves caught up in criminal Joe Turino's illegal adoption scam ring. Their involvement, however, is purely innocent. One of Dick's patients is a runaway drug addict named Amy Sinclair, who gives birth in the spring to a daughter she names Nora. Feeling as though she can not raise Nora independently, she agrees to let Dick and Marie Grant adopt little Nora, whom they rename Marie. However, this adoption is set up through Joe Turino's scam ring. In 1960, the district attorney's investigation into this scam leaves Dick and Marie Grant heartbroken when they lose custody of Marie to Amy. Dick gives Amy money to hide from Joe Turino and skip town in the process. Later, in the fall of 1960, Dick and Marie Grant try again and succeed in adopting a boy named Phillip Collins. Dick and Marie Grant leave town with their adopted son in 1962 and are not heard from again. After Joe Robert's funeral, Meta starts seeing Mark Holden, a wealthy structural engineer and friend of her brother-in-law, Clyde Palmer. Mark is hired at Cedars to do some work on the building, and Bert tries to set him up with Meta. Mark, however, takes a shine to Meta's stepdaughter, Kathy, instead. Meta agrees to step aside for Mark and Kathy on the advice of Dr. Bruce Banning, who continues to have romantic feelings for her. Kathy soon marries her third and final husband, Mark Holden. It doesn't take long for Kathy to find out that "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" when it comes to her daughter with Bob Lang, Robin. By the time Kathy marries Mark, Robin has also been SORASed into a pre-teen acts every bit the brat around Mark as she had towards Meta. Kathy and Mark can't understand why until she tells them she wishes Kathy were still married to Dr. Dick Grant. Once Meta and Dick talk with her, Robin turns around and agrees to accept Mark, just in time for Mark to agree to adopt her with Dick's blessing. Meanwhile, Mark's younger sister, a rebellious 16-year-old