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Hong Kong Case Law

Child's welfare

  • 14 Aug 2024

    MJCK v. LGLC

    Citation
    [2024] HKFC 154
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC14170/2023

    On balance YCIS best promotes the Child's welfare for 2024/2025 because it provides a mid-point location with school‑bus access to the mother's home (reducing burdensome commute), offers OPRS to address the Child's speech and motor delays, provides Cantonese instruction facilitating family communication, and offers greater likely long‑term stability than Montessori options which the Child would likely need to leave later.

  • 17 Apr 2015

    LMM v. LKKV

    Citation
    LMM v. LKKV
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC1062/2013

    The Court ordered K to join X International School as a weekly boarder because, on the balance of probabilities and guided by expert evidence, boarding best served K's welfare by providing continuous professional psychological support, distancing him from high parental conflict, integrating care within the school routine, and facilitating repair of the paternal relationship; the child's stated preference was outweighed by these best-interest considerations.