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Hong Kong Case Law

Access and staying access

  • 15 Mar 2024

    YHY v. YKM

    Citation
    [2024] HKFC 49
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMP235/2021

    The court applied the paramount welfare principle and accepted the social welfare officer's recommendations; joint custody was appropriate and should not be varied because the parties were not high-conflict and joint custody facilitates co-parenting; care and control was awarded to the Mother with a staged access regime for the Father tied to the Child's age, sense of security and routine; the change of first name was refused because it was not in the Child's best interests given the established use of the current name and the Father's delay; a 12-month supervision order and progress report w…

  • 27 Mar 2009

    NKM nee SKM v. NGR

    Citation
    NKM nee SKM v. NGR
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC14562/2007

    Court granted joint custody with care and control to the mother and ordered reasonable access to the father because the children's welfare was paramount, the father gave concrete undertakings (three months abstention, no drinking when caring for children, and home safety improvements), social welfare concerns had been mitigated and a joint custody order would provide a framework to encourage future cooperation.