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Landmark Decision on Custody of Minor

A wonderful Judgment setting guiding principles in Custody Cases for Family Courts. The entire judgment can be obtained at citation "2018 SCMR 1991".

The first point clearly states that underage children will stay with their mother till they attain the age of puberty.

Second point is that education, uniform, books and pick and drop for school will be the responsibility of the father. The father, apart from educational expenditures, every month will also provide another Rs5,000 for the miscellaneous needs of the children.

Third, the children will be able to visit the father every holiday at his home. The father will take the children from the mother’s house at 8pm on Friday and drop the children back at 1pm on Sunday.

Fourth, on the onset of summer holidays, the father will be able to take the children on the first Sunday and keep the children for four Sundays and on the fourth Sunday; the children will be dropped back at the mother’s house.

Fifth, during winter holidays from December 21 to 31, the children will stay with the father during the first week and then return their mother.

Sixth, the children will stay with the father from Chand Raat of Eidul Fitr 8pm of the second day of Eid.

Seventh, the father will take the children on the second day of Eidul Adha at 11am and drop the children back at 10pm on the third day of Eid.

Eight, on unscheduled holidays, the children will stay with the father from 10am till 8pm.

Ninth, if there is any function such as marriage and the father desires the children to participate, then it will be binding on the mother to let the children participate.

Tenth, the mother and father will not incite the children against each other.

It is a non-binding judgment as it came out of a consent of parties in the Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan. The decision has also been published in the SCMR gazette as 2018 SCMR 1991. This news is taken from different newspapers published on 21st April 2019.


Regards,
Salman Yousaf Khan (Golra) 
International Family Lawyer
+92-333-5339880

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