According to him, he is the father and natural guardian of the child, and the domicile of the child will be that of his father. It is pertinent to note that, the question of jurisdiction was not a matter of challenge before the Family Court. Going by Section 9 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, an application with respect to the guardianship of the person of the minor shall be made to the District Court having jurisdiction in the place where the minor ordinarily resides. In the case on hand, at the time of filing the O.P, the ordinary place of residence of the minor child was at Mayyanadu, Kollam, the paternal house of the mother. The father filed the O.P (G&W) before Family Court, Ernakulam, may be because he was residing with his wife and child in a flat at Kaloor, Kochi. Subsequently, as per orders of the High Court, that case was transferred to Family Court, Kollam. Anyway the father himself filed the O.P for guardianship and custody of the child in Family Court, Ernakulam under Sections 7, 12 and 17 of the Guardians and Wards Act, fully acknowledging and endorsing the fact that the ordinary place of residence of the child was at Kaloor in Ernakulam District. So now he cannot challenge the jurisdictional competence of the court which he himself opted,