3 Aug 2023
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE v. LPK
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFI 2014
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAD20/2023
Having reviewed the Director's evidence and the Adoption Checklist, the Court concluded adoption is in the best interests of each child and the statutory grounds in section 5(5)(a) of the Adoption Ordinance are satisfied; accordingly the Court granted orders freeing the children for adoption, dispensed with the mother's consent, declared any presumption that Mr Tsang is their father rebutted, and imposed an undertaking on the Director to provide counselling and to obtain and monitor the child's consent/wishes in respect of any Convention adoption until a section 23B order is made.