16 Mar 2022
T AND ANOTHER v. N AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFI 747
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP797/2021
The court granted an extension of time under s12(2) having regard to the welfare of the child and the short delay; it construed 'home' in s12(3)(a) flexibly and concluded on the facts that the child’s home was with the applicants despite the child remaining in Georgia; it authorized retrospective approval of the surrogacy payments under s12(7) as reasonable in the circumstances and without evidence of moral taint or public policy abuse; however the court adjourned final determination and directed that the child be brought to Hong Kong so the social work officer and Official Solicitor can phys…