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1839 Act on Custody of Infants
As mentioned on the timeline, the 1839 Act on Custody of Infants enabled mothers to petition for custody of their children up to the age of seven. Before this parliamentary act, fathers were always given custody of their children. This has interesting implications in relation to Charles Dickens Oliver Twist, the last installment of which was published just three months before the bill was enacted.