Is a father who does not pay child maintenance entitled to see his children ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 02 June, 2022Yes! Firstly, the right to visitation belongs also, and most importantly, to the children, and is not the exclusive domain of the non-custodial parent. The children’s good or welfare demands a normal and on-going relationship with the father, in order for them to grow up and develop normally. The lack of a relationship with a father harms children emotionally, and adds to the financial damage a parent causes by not providing for their physical needs in the form of maintenance. In such a case, the overall harm/damage should be reduced as much a possible, and visitation allowed. However, together with this, the mother can and should file the father for child maintenance and /or file for its enforcement at the bailiffs.