Re P (An Infant) - [1954] NZLR 93

Infants and Children — Girl aged Twelve Years — On Father's Remarriage, Child going to live with Married Sister — Father's Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus — Judge's Interview with Child in Chambers — Interview assisting Court — Child's Personality and Present Conditions Matters to be taken into Consideration — Father's Natural Right to Custody — Welfare of Child Paramount, but not Sole Consideration — Considerations making Removal of Child from Father's Custody Desirable — "Welfare" — Guardianship of Infants Act, 1926, s 2.