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Reasonable expenses
  • 23 Sept 2021

    S AND ANOTHER v. T

    Citation
    [2021] HKCFI 2854
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP461/2021

    Court held that all statutory conditions in section 12(1)-(6) PCO were satisfied, the Applicants acted in good faith, the payments (total approx HKD 310,000) were not disproportionate to reasonable expenses and/or were properly authorized retrospectively, and that the child's lifelong welfare required the making of a parental order; accordingly the parental order was made and payments authorized, with the child dewarded.