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Family law [2025] HKFC 96

YCR also known as CRY v. YSJ nee SJE

香港家庭法院批准母亲将两名子女迁往加拿大基隆那;法院认为申请真实且合理,并以孩子最佳利益为先,尤其重视长子学习需要。

  • Child welfare
  • Relocation
  • Access/visitation
  • Special educational needs
  • Parental responsibility
  • Guardianship
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Family law [2025] HKFC 14

KK, H v. PK, H

The court varied a prior relocation order to allow the mother to move with the child to Singapore without first obtaining a mirror order, subject to undertakings.

  • Mirror order
  • Relocation of child
  • Undertakings
  • Access rights
  • Stay and appeal
  • Mirror-order
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Family law [2024] HKFC 134

HYCC, also known as CHYC v. OJW also known as WOJ

The court granted the mother leave to relocate the children to the Philippines, finding the plan realistic and the children’s welfare better served by relocation.

  • Relocation
  • Custody and care and control
  • Child maintenance
  • Best interests of the child
  • Social investigation reports
  • Children's wishes
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Family law [2024] HKFC 93

SG v. GDV

Ex-parte applications for temporary and permanent removal of two children to the USA were dismissed for lack of extreme urgency and as an abuse of process.

  • Ex-parte applications
  • Child removal/relocation
  • Interim care and control
  • Abuse of process
  • Child-relocation
  • Ex-parte-applications
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Family law [2024] HKFC 63

黎 對 凌

The judge correctly applied s63A Cap.336 and concluded the father had no reasonable prospect of success nor other reasons of fairness to justify permission to appeal because the mother had re-established the child's life in Hong Kong with social services' involvement, the child attended school locally, the abduction risk was low, and available cross-border enforcement reduced the need to refuse short travel; accordingly the father's permission-to-appeal application was dismissed and costs awarded to the mother.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Child abduction risk
  • Welfare of the child
  • Enforcement between jurisdictions
  • Judicial discretion
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Family law [2023] HKFC 227

LDL also known as L, DS v. F, S

District Court dismissed a mother’s relocation bid to move two children from Hong Kong to the Philippines, keeping care and control with the father.

  • Relocation application
  • Guardianship of minors
  • Non-removal order
  • Child welfare checklist
  • Access/visitation
  • Child-relocation
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Family law [2022] HKFC 134

S S v. P S

Children relocation case where the court granted the father leave to move the children to England, with generous contact arrangements for the mother.

  • Relocation of children
  • Best interests/welfare of the child
  • Parental responsibility and access
  • Weight of children's wishes
  • Psychological/psychiatric evaluations
  • Enforcement/mirror orders
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Family law [2022] HKFC 57

DH v. EMG

The Family Court granted the father leave to relocate the child to Germany, dismissed the mother’s variation application, and kept custody, care and control with the father.

  • Child relocation
  • Custody variation
  • Contact/access
  • Best interests of the child
  • Social welfare reports
  • Child-relocation
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Family law [2021] HKFC 100

BKGGB also known as NGGB v. BKND

The District Court granted the mother’s application to relocate the two daughters to the UK, ordered joint custody, and required supervised access for the father.

  • Relocation of children
  • Welfare of the child
  • Joint custody
  • Supervised access
  • Social services investigations
  • Police search/investigation
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Family law [2020] HKCA 586

YSYM v. LHB

The Court of Appeal allowed a mother's appeal and granted leave to remove two children to Vancouver for education, holding the trial judge had erred in weighting the children's wishes and the welfare analysis.

  • Leave to remove/relocate
  • Best interests of the child
  • Weight to children’s wishes
  • Access/contact orders
  • Social welfare report influence
  • Judicial review of discretionary welfare decisions
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