S. MANIKUMAR, J.

(Prayer: The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, against the order passed by the IIIrd Additional Family Court at Chennai in I.A.No.3648 of 2011 in O.P.No.3499 of 2009, dated 20.07.2015.)

1. Aggrieved by order dated 20.07.2015 made in I.A.No.3648 of 2011 in O.P.No.3499 of 2009, on the file of the III Additional Family Court, Chennai, the present appeal has been filed.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as father and mother.

3. Facts leading to the appeal are as follows:

Marriage between the parties was solemnised on 23.06.2000, as per the Hindu Rites and Customs and it was registered in the Office of the Registrar, Erode. Out of the wedlock, a male child was born. Differences of opinion arose between them and they lived separately from 26.09.2004. Hence, finding that there is no chance of reunion, the Family Court in F.C.O.P.No.3499 of 2009, dated 10.11.2009, has granted a decree of divorce by mutual consent. Custody of the child was given to the appellant-mother. Visitation rights were given to the respondent-father, as follows:

“The first petitioner (mother) shall have the custody of male chi