3 Aug 2023
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE v. LPK
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFI 2014
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAD19/2023
The Court will grant orders freeing children for adoption and dispense with a natural parent's consent where the Director, as guardian, establishes on evidence that adoption is in the child's best interests and the statutory grounds under s5(5)(a) are met; for Convention adoptions the State of origin (via the Director) must provide counselling and information to the child and must consider and, where required by law, obtain the child's consent or record the child's wishes and opinions, and the Court may impose an enforceable undertaking on the Director to ensure those Convention safeguards ar…