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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN, M.B. SNEHALATHA, JJ
RENJINI – Appellant
Versus
VINUKUMAR @ VINU – Respondent
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| 1. appellant challenges family court custody ruling. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. court interaction with child reveals alienation from father. (Para 5 , 6 , 12 , 14) |
| 3. father argues for custody based on business stability. (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. custody decision hinges on child's comfort level. (Para 16) |
| 5. appeal results in custody to mother with communication rights for father. (Para 20) |
JUDGMENT Devan Ramachandran, J.
The appellant, who is a mother of now 15 year old girl, challenges the judgment of the learned Family Court, Chavara, in OP(G&W)No.111/2017.
2. The respondent – father, filed the Original Petition before the learned Family Court, seeking permanent custody of his daughter.
3. The learned Family Court, though finding that the child was not comfortable with her father fully, ordered that she be given in permanent custody of him, holding, inter alia, that the remarriage of the mother would expose the child to a total stranger (meaning the stepfather). It further concluded that the welfare of the child will be better served by continuing with her father at her parental residence, where he, his parents and his brother, as also their children, are available; and then held
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