# Custody of Children Act 1891, Section 2: Power to Court to order repayment of costs of bringing up child.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

If at the time of the application for a writ or order for the production of the child the child is being brought up by another person, or is boarded out by the guardians of a poor law union, or by a parochial board in Scotland, the Court may, in its discretion, if it orders the child to be given up to the parent, further order that the parent shall pay to such person, or to the guardians of such poor law union, or to such parochial board, the whole of the costs properly incurred in bringing up the child, or such portion thereof as shall seem to the Court to be just and reasonable, having regard to all the circumstances of the case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/54-55/3/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/custody-of-children-act-1891/section-2
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