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New South Wales - Legislation
Infants' Custody and Settlements Act (1899 - )
- From
- 1899
- Categories
- Principal Act
- Website
- https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1899-39
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.
Publications
Books
- Weigall, Cecil Edward, Infants' custody, maintenance & protection acts, (N.S.W.) : being Deserted Wives & Children Act, 1901; Infant Protection Act, 1904; Infants' Custody and Settlements Act, 1899; Infant Convicts' Adoption Act, 1901; Destitute Children's Society Act, 1901; State Children Relief Act, 1901; Children's Protection Act, 1902; and Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders' Act, 1905, and regulations thereunder, Law Book Co of Australiasia, Sydney, 1908, 270 pp. Details
Online Resources
- NSW legislation, Parliamentary Counsel's Office, New South Wales Government, http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/. Details
- To Remove and Protect, New South Wales: Legislation, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, https://aiatsis.gov.au/collection/featured-collections/remove-and-protect. Details
- History of the Children's Court [extracted from Blackmore, R., The Children's Court and Community Welfare in NSW, Lawlink NSW, 2009, http://www.childrenscourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/History%20of%20Children%27s%20Legislation%20in%20NSW.pdfhttp://www.childrenscourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/History%20of%20Children%27s%20Legislation%20in%20NSW.pdf. Details
- Blackmore, Rod, 'History of Children's Legislation in New South Wales - The Children's Court', in History of the Children's Court, Lawlink, Lawlink NSW, 2012, http://www.childrenscourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/History%20of%20Children's%20Legislation%20in%20NSW.pdf. Details
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- Title
- Infants Custody and Settlements Act 1899
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 1899
- Source
- NSW legislation
Details
Prepared by: Liam Hogan and Naomi Parry
Created: 25 May 2011, Last modified: 10 June 2021