CUSTODY OF CHILDREN
AND RELIGIOUS TEACHING DECISION OF HOUSE OF LORDS (Rec. May 7, 7.25 p.m.) London, May 7. The House of Lords has unanimously decided that an aunt is not entitled to demand the custody of a dead brother’s children in order that they shall be brought up in the Roman Catholic faith._ The father, an Irish Catholic, left instructions in his will that his three girls, now eleven, seven, and five years of age, should be brought up in the Roman faith, but the mother, after his death, reverted to Ulster Presbyterianism. When the mother died Protestant grandparents educated the children. The House of Lords decided that though the father’s wishes should be taken into account, considerations for the welfare of the children should prevail. In this case the eldest girl had acquired settled convictions in favour of Protestantism, and the younger children should not be separated from the eldest.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 191, 8 May 1924, Page 7
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