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title: "A child's damages held by the Public Trustee of Queensland"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-child-funds-public-trustee"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a21-qld-child-funds-public-trustee"
area_id: "A21"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A21-T1-R11"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# A child's damages held by the Public Trustee of Queensland

> How the Public Trustee of Queensland holds a child's damages on trust after a court pays the money to the Public Trustee, and how a parent asks for a payment for the child.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-child-funds-public-trustee  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.md)
- Jurisdictions: Queensland
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-23
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Queensland.

## When to use it

Use when a Queensland order, or Public Trustee Act 1978 s 59, has the child's damages paid to the Public Trustee. Do not use it for a trust created only by a will, or to draw the sanction order.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare court-approval papers for a child or protected-person settlement](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-court-approval-papers-for-a-child-or-protected-person-settlement.md)

## How AI may be used

A parent or guardian can be given this note, and the tool does not fill in the Public Trustee's payment form or state a fee figure.

**AI may:**

- Record that money paid to the public trustee under section 59 is held on trust, subject to a direction of the court.
- Set out the administration steps the minor-trust page describes, including who is the contact before the child turns 18.
- Point to the health and education request path, without completing the form.

**AI must not:**

- Do not state a dollar fee or a percentage. The fees page was not opened.
- Do not say every damages trust ends at 18. The page says the governing document sets the age.
- Do not promise that a request for money will be approved.
- Do not send the child's health records to a public tool.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Read the order. Section 59 pays the public trustee unless the court directs otherwise.
- The minor-trust page also covers wills and some statutory compensation. Use this note for the court damages path.
- Maintenance payments are available only if that trust allows them. Ask the Public Trustee before anyone commits to a bill.

## Authorities

- [Public Trustee Act 1978 (Qld) s 59(1) and s 59(4), payment to the public trustee and the trust](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/pta1978179/s59.html)
- [Queensland Public Trustee, Our minor trust service](https://www.pt.qld.gov.au/other-services/trusts/our-minor-trust-service)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-child-funds-public-trustee and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*