Visitation schedule --- Welfare of minor --- Scope --- While deciding a guardian petition , including chalking of a visitation schedule , it is the ' welfare of the minor ' which is of paramount consideration --

2023 CLC 2110

 Visitation schedule --- Welfare of minor --- Scope --- While deciding a guardian petition , including chalking of a visitation schedule , it is the ' welfare of the minor ' which is of paramount consideration --- Limited hours of meeting within the Court premises is the policy generally adopted by the Courts which is certainly not an appropriate solution inasmuch as it only enable a minor to identify his relation with the non - custodial parent without developing any bonding due to the lack of proper interaction between the minors and such non - custodial parent because of non - conducive environment of the Court premises --- As a natural corollary , there is great chance that the minor will turn against such non custodial parent --- Thus , the Courts are to consider the impact that the proposed visitation schedule may have on the child --- Failure to protect the development of healthy and secure attachment of a minor with non - custodial parent can have long term negative effects on the development of the minor , hence , the basic consideration while chalking out the visitation schedule is to ensure that the minor will not turn against one parent because of inadequacy of time given to the non-custodial parent.