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The District Court dismissed the father’s bid for sole care and control, allowed the mother to relocate the child to Singapore, and made a section 18 declaration.
Interim care of a child was granted to the father, with return ordered, access arranged for the mother, and a restraint on removal from Hong Kong.
Application for leave to appeal in a child custody matter dismissed. The court upheld joint custody, refused a stay, and ordered costs against the Mother.
The court set a structured access regime for a 2½-year-old child, refused shared care, and ordered a 12-month review with supervision.
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.
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The Court ordered access arrangements for ward N based on the Mother’s proposals, rejected the Father’s broader schedule, and required a non-denigration undertaking.
Hong Kong Family Court granted a father’s second relocation application, allowing the boys to move to Denmark and maintaining email-only access for the mother.
The court refused the mother’s application to remove the children to Vancouver, ordered disclosure of school information to the father, and declined compulsory family therapy.
The Court of Appeal dismissed a father’s application for leave to appeal in a wardship matter, holding the proposed additional directions were unnecessary and risked delay.
The court granted the father leave to relocate the child to Australia and ordered a detailed access regime for the mother, applying the paramount welfare principle.
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