CUSTODY OF ORPHANS
AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Received Mav 7. 7.25 p.m. u LONDON. May 7. V The House of Lords unanimously decided that an aunt is not entitled to demand the custody of a dead brother’s children in order that they may be brought up in the Catholic faith. The father, an Irish Catholic, left instructions in his will that three girls, noweleven, seven and five years of age, were to be brought up in the Roman faith; but the mother, after his death, reverted to Ulster Presbyterianism. When the mother died the Protestant grandparents educated the children. The House of Lords decided that though a father’s wishes should be taken into account, considerations of 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.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19008, 8 May 1924, Page 5
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