15 Dec 2025
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE (in his capacity as the Central Authority designated under the Child Abduction and Custody Ordinance, Cap. 512) v. SK AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 6345
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1946/2025
The Court held the Mother is not entitled to state or consular immunity because the relocation of the children to Hong Kong was not shown to be an act performed pursuant to Czech sovereign orders and the Consulate did not support an immunity claim; the removal was wrongful because the Czech judgment recognized joint custody and the Mother's temporary sole physical custody did not authorize international relocation; the Mother failed to prove any grave risk or intolerable situation on return; accordingly the children must be returned to the Czech Republic and the Mother must bear travel expens…