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  • 7 May 2014

    MB v. KMS

    Citation
    MB v. KMS
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMP149/2012

    Custody of the two elder children (KMA and KAA) was granted to the respondent and leave given for them to remain in the UK because, on the evidence (notably the SIR and ISIR), the children are settled in a stable and appropriate environment in the UK with strong family support; removing them to Hong Kong would disrupt continuity and likely be detrimental; the applicant lacked concrete proposals and sufficient support to resume primary care; joint custody was impractical given high parental conflict. The respondent was ordered to provide undertakings to reside in the UK and assume parental res…