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Hong Kong Case Law

Children's welfare

  • 17 Mar 2020

    CPS v. WMK

    Citation
    [2020] HKFC 65
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC2080/2018

    Applying the paramount welfare principle and expert and social welfare evidence, the court retained joint custody but ordered a structured shared‑care timetable to promote the children's relationship with both parents while limiting parental contact at handovers. The mother remains the carer otherwise; the father receives alternate extended weekend stays plus additional weekly overnight/time on specified weeks to build attachment. Sole custody was refused because it would not necessarily secure better access and both parents are judged fit and important to the children. The arrangement must b…

  • 6 Mar 2013

    YY v. LXZ

    Citation
    YY v. LXZ
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC11771/2010

    Given the existing order granting the father generous access and the children's resistance, the court refused to make further access orders at this stage; instead the court ordered monitoring by an updated Social Investigation Report in 15 months and encouraged the parties to engage in recommended psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions, as these steps are necessary to protect the children’s best interests.