Q: Describe custody of child and visitation?

 Ans: While addressing matrimonial disputes between spouses, the question regarding custody of the child born out of the wedlock of the disputants, frequently arises, and unless the parties harmoniously come to a mutual understanding, this question may survive either until the child attains majority or the dispute is settled by a Court of law.

Most litigants have a premeditated mind-set and take it for granted that their child should stay with them post-separation, and their justification for such mind- set is that they believe that they are the preferred parent and that their parenting would be much better than their spouse's parenting. It is significant to understand the pragmatic and technical aspects of law related to child custody and visitation to avoid fatal errors while contesting litigation. The law does not provide that just because there is no defect in a parent's personal care and attachment for his or her children, he or she would be granted custody; or that simply because a parent loves his or her children and is not shown to be otherwise undesirable, it will necessarily lead to the conclusion that such parent be granted the child's custody.

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