Key legal question
Whether the appellate court could deny any visitation contact between father and minor children.
Extracted holding
Yes. Given the children's age, consistent refusal, trauma history, and risk of renewed psychological harm, refusing visitation was compatible with child welfare.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 273 ZGB grants personal contact only insofar as it serves the child's welfare. Under Art. 274 Abs. 2 ZGB, even supervised contact may be denied when it would endanger the child; here the children's distress and retraumatization risk justified refusal.