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The Court granted parental orders for two boys born through surrogacy, approved specified payments, and extended time for the applications despite illegality concerns.
The Court granted a parental order for children born through surrogacy, approved RMB750,000 in expenses, and extended the 6-month filing limit.
The Family Court transferred a divorce and custody dispute involving two surrogate children to the Court of First Instance, while making orders for the parties’ elder son.
The Court of First Instance granted a parental order for a child born through Ukraine surrogacy, authorized the related payments retrospectively, and ordered the child dewarded.
The Court held it had power under s 12(7) of the Parent and Child Ordinance to authorize expenses in advance, but refused relief because the intended commercial surrogacy agreement was illegal under s 17 of the HRTO.
The Family Court transferred this first Hong Kong surrogacy-parental-order case to the Court of First Instance because the issues were novel, international, and legally complex.
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