劉 對 唐

劉 對 唐

Having applied the best‑interests principle and considered successive social welfare reports and the expressed wishes of the children, the court retained the status quo as being in the children's best interests: father awarded sole care and control of the elder daughter; mother awarded sole care and control of the...

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Citation
[2021] HKFC 184
Parties
Applicant: 劉 (mother); Respondent: 唐 (father)
Court
Family Court
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Judgment Date
14 September 2021
Case Number
FCMC5078/2020
Procedural Posture
Divorce Proceedings Child Custody and Access / Final Judgment on Custody, Care and Control and Access (fcmc 5078/2020)
Outcome
Father awarded sole care and control (custody) of elder daughter; Mother awarded sole care and control of younger daughter; access/visitation ordered per social worker's recommendations; social welfare officer to supervise access arrangements for one year; no order as to costs (costs reserved).
Legal Topics
Care and Control, Custody Allocation, Access Arrangements, Best Interests of the Child, Welfare Checklist
Source Language
ch
Family Law Child Custody Guardianship Visitation/access Care and Control Custody Allocation Access Arrangements Best Interests of the Child +1 more

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Parties

劉 (mother)

Applicant

唐 (father)

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Divorce Proceedings Child Custody and Access / Final Judgment on Custody, Care and Control and Access (fcmc 5078/2020)

  1. 1 Which parent should have care and control (custody) of each child?
  2. 2 Whether joint (shared) custody is appropriate given parents' communication failures
  3. 3 What access/visitation regime best serves the children's interests

Ratio Decidendi

Having applied the best‑interests principle and considered successive social welfare reports and the expressed wishes of the children, the court retained the status quo as being in the children's best interests: father awarded sole care and control of the elder daughter; mother awarded sole care and control of the younger daughter; joint custody was inappropriate given entrenched poor parental communication; access ordered as per the social worker's schedule with supervision by the social welfare investigator for one year.

Court Disposition

Father awarded sole care and control (custody) of elder daughter; Mother awarded sole care and control of younger daughter; access/visitation ordered per social worker's recommendations; social welfare officer to supervise access arrangements for one year; no order as to costs (costs reserved).

Orders

  • Father granted sole care and control of elder daughter
  • Mother granted sole care and control of younger daughter