Section 5

In relation to the custody or upbringing of an infant or the administration of any property belonging to or held in trust for an infant or the application of the income of any such property, a mother shall have the same rights and authority as the law allows to a father, and the rights and authority of mother and father shall be equal.

The mother of an infant shall have the like powers of applying to the Court in respect of any matter affecting the infant as are possessed by the father.

Rights of surviving parent as to guardianship.