ANNO QUADRAGESIMOSEXTO ET QUADRAGESIMOSEPTIMO
A.D. 1883-4.
No. 295. An Act to provide for the Custody of Infants.
HEKEAS it is desirable to amend the law as to the custody preamble.
W of infants-Be i t therefore Enacted by the Governor of the | Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the |
Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows: |
Short title. |
that mother |
the Supreme Court, or the Local Court of Full Jurisdiction nearest | may have access to or |
to the rcsidcncc of the petitioner, upon hearing the petition of the
oilstoay of infant
mother of any infant or infants, under sixteen years of age, to order | |
that the petitioner shall have access to such infant or infants, at such times, on such terms, and subject to such regulations as the Court shall deem proper, or to order, on such terms, and subject to such regulations as the Conrt shall deem proper, that such infant or infants shall be delivered to the mothcr, and remain in or under her custody and control, or shd, if already in her custody or under her control, remain therein until such infant or infants shall attain such | |
age, not exceeding sixteen, as the Court shall direct; and, further, to order that such cmtody and control shall be subject to such | |
regulations as regards access by the father or guardian of such infant or infants as thc Court shall deem proper. |
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acting in
3r fiduciary capacity shall, under any will, gift, or settle- ~ f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~; e $ ~ e rmerit, during period of
295 ustody.
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ment, or otherwise by law, be possessed of any fund for the main tenance and education of any infant, or any fund a portion of which may by law be applied to such maintcnance and education, and the Court shall order the infant to be delivered to or to remain in the custody of the mother, i t shall be lawful for the Court also to order such guardian, trustee, executor, curator, or person acting in a fiduciary capacity, to pay to the mother from time to time during the continuance of such custody, for the purpose of the maintenance and education of such infant, such portion of such fund, not exceed-
ing the portion lawfully applicable to such maintenance and educa-
tion, as the Court may decm proper: Provided always that on proof that any money so paid for the purpose of such maintenance and education has been misapplied, it shall be lawful for such Court
to rescind, alter,… |