When a parent of a child joins any religious society whose faith is similar to that of the Shakers without having made adequate provision for his children, the Circuit Court of the county where he resides, or of the county in which any part of his property is situated, if he does not reside in this state, may, upon petition of any next friend, appoint a committee to any infant child, or child of unsound mind, of the father or mother, and make out of the father's or mother's estate a provision for the mainte nance of the child, and take the child from the father, mother or society, and provide for its custody.
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