Grandparents’ Visitation Rights & Welfare of Minor; Key Legal Insight
🧓🏻 Grandparents’ Visitation Rights & Welfare of Minor⚖️ 2021 YLR 1989 - Lahore High Court In this important judgment, the Lahore High Court examined whether a grandmother can lawfully seek interim custody or visitation rights of her grandchild under Pakistani family law. Background: After divorce between the parents soon after the child’s birth, the minor remained with her mother. The father, a UK national, did not actively pursue custody or visitation. The paternal grandmother filed a petition before the Guardian Court seeking interim custody and visitation rights. The mother challenged the petition, arguing that only parents could seek such relief under the Family Courts Act, 1964. Key Legal Question: Does the word “parent” exclude grandparents for purposes of visitation rights? Court’s Ruling: The Court held that the term parent used in the Family Courts Act is not confined to a narrow literal meaning. It has a wider scope, especially when grandparents have a recognized ...