Infants' Custody and Settlements Act (1899 - )

From

1899

Categories

Principal Act

Location

New South Wales

The Infants' Custody and Settlements Act (39/1899) was also known as 'An Act to consolidate the law relating to the custody of infants and the settlement of the property of infants'. This Act brought a number of previous pieces of legislation, to do with custody, marriage settlements, and damages recovered on behalf of children, under one umbrella Act. It set rules for when Courts could and should give custody of children between parents, and when to refuse custody. It set out rules for when children should be removed, either to close relatives, or to State boarding-out. It has been amended many times, most notably by the Guardianship of Infants Act 1934 and the Infants Custody and Settlements (Community Welfare) Amendment Act 1982 but in 2014 was still current.

Timeline

1856 - 1899

Infants' Marriage Settlements Act 1856

1875 - 1899

Custody of Infants Act 1875

1894 - 1899

Custody of Children and Children's Settlements Act 1894

1899 -

Infants' Custody and Settlements Act