Monday 21 January 2019

Land Mark Judgement on Custody, Visitation and Maintenance of Minor: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Supreme Court of Pakistan issued the following comprehensive plan with regard to custody, visitation rights and maintenance of minors, and obligations of both parents:

(i) Both the minors shall remain with the mother.
(ii) On every alternate weekend minors may reside with the father, who shall pickup the minors from the house of the mother on Friday at about 8:00 p.m. late evening and shall drop the minors at the house of the mother on Sunday by 01:00 p.m. in the afternoon.
(iii) During summer vacations the custody of the minors shall be handed over to the father on the 1st Sunday of the summer vacations so declared by the School/Government and shall be returned to the mother at evening on the 4th Sunday during the vacations so that minors may have four weeks to spent with their father 
(iv) Winter vacations were generally due from 21st December to 30th December. First week of the winter vacation shall be spent by the minors with their father and second week with the mother.
(v) During Eid-ul-Fitr the minors shall celebrate Eid with their father from chand raatat 8:00 p.m. till the second day of Eid upto 08:00 p.m.
(vi) On Eid-ul-Adha the mother shall allow the minors to celebrate Eid with their father who shall pick the minors from the residence of mother on the second day of Eid-ul-Adha at 11:00 a.m. in the morning till 3rd day of Eid at 10:00 p.m. or earlier.
(vii) Minors may spent alternate unscheduled holidays with their father from 10:00 a.m. to 08:00 p.m. in the evening.
(viii) The father shall bear all expenses of the minors i.e. school fees, uniforms, van fees as well as other miscellaneous expenses as may be needed for the minors.
(ix) In addition to such expenses the father shall also provide a sum of Rs.5,000/- per month for each minor for their other personal needs and requirements.
(x) In case there was any family occasion for which the father desired and wished that his sons may also attend, he shall inform the mother who shall not unreasonably stop the minors from attending such family events and/or functions.
(xi) Both the mother and father shall not do any act that may prejudice the minors' mind towards the other parent.

Supreme Court of Pakistan

2018 S C M R 1991

Present:
Mushir Alam,
Faisal Arab and
Sajjad Ali Shah, JJ
Mst. MADIHA YOUNUS
Petitioner

Versus

IMRAN AHMED
Respondent

Curtossy:
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