G H DSG versus AKG
The Supreme Court affirmed the Family Court order granting custody to the father and specified visitation rights to the mother because three counsellors' reports and the Court's own interaction with the child showed the child (over 12 years) was articulate and unequivocal in her desire to reside with her father, she denied the allegations of sexual abuse by the father, and the mother's observed symptoms of Paranoid Schizophrenia required assessment and treatment such that keeping custody with the father was in the child's welfare; therefore the interim custody orders were to be upheld.
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- Custody of minor
- Visitation rights
- Parens patriae jurisdiction
- Child's preference in custody
- Mental illness of parent
- Counsellor reports