Custody of Infants Act 1873

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Custody of Infants Act 1873
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to amend the Law as to the Custody of Infants.
Citation 36 & 37 Vict. c. 12
Dates
Royal assent 24 April 1873
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Custody of Infants Act 1873 [1] (36 & 37 Vict. c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was signed into law on 24 April 1873.

Section 1 allowed the Court of Chancery to order that a mother would have access to, or custody of, any infants under sixteen years of age; or to order that any such infants in her custody were to remain so subject to any regulations for the access of the father or guardian. [2]

Section 2 provided that no agreement in a deed of separation between the father and mother was to be held invalid simply for providing that the custody or control of the children lay with the mother, with the important caveat that no court was bound to enforce any such agreement if it felt it would not be to the benefit of the infant. [2]

Section 3 repealed the Custody of Infants Act 1839. [2]

In Ireland, the Act was repealed by the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 (section 4). [3]

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References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule.  Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. 1 2 3 The companion to the British almanac, for the year 1874, p. 229. London, 1875.
  3. "electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)". www.irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 3 June 2021.