JUDGMENT Devan Ramachandran, J.

This Appeal has been filed by the appellant against the judgment of the learned Family Court, Kollam, in O.P.No.316/2017, whereby, though permanent custody of her child has been given to her, visitation and interim custody rights have been reserved in favour of the respondent – father of the child.

2. Sri.P.K.Ibrahim – learned counsel for the appellant, argued that, though his client is willing to abide by the directions of the learned Family Court, it has now become impossible, for the reason that the child is unwilling to go to the respondent- father. He explained that this is because, the respondent has never exercised either visitation or interim custody rights over the child for the last several years, the latter becoming thus totally alienated from him. He argued that, therefore, now subjecting the child to the trauma of spending time with the re