15 Jul 2019
FH AND ANOTHER v. WB AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 1748
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1313/2018
The court held that the welfare of the child is paramount in s.12 PCO applications and on that basis the court has power to extend the 6-month limit in s.12(2) by reading it down where necessary except in the clearest abuse of public policy; applying statutory interpretation, rights protection and precedents the court extended time by 22 months, granted a parental order, authorized retrospective approval of specified payments (USD 62,500) under s.12(7) PCO because applicants acted in good faith and no public policy abuse was shown, and declined to read down HRTO ss.17/39 in this case without…