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Hong Kong Case Law

Continuity of care

  • 29 Jan 2018

    李 對 甘

    Citation
    [2018] HKFC 11
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC10730/2013

    Applicant’s case to vary care and control was refused because she failed to establish sufficient objective change or other proper grounds to displace the prior order; the latest SWD report supported father remaining primary carer, the child’s strong ties with father and resident adult sibling and practical caregiving realities (mother’s full‑time work, father available in Shenzhen) made continuity and welfare best served by maintaining father as primary carer while granting mother defined contact; SWD monitoring and parental education were ordered.

  • 7 Sept 1985

    ROSSLYN LEUNG WING SHEUNG v. DAVID LEUNG TAI WAI AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    ROSSLYN LEUNG WING SHEUNG v. DAVID LEUNG TAI WAI AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP142/1985

    Given the paramountcy of the child's welfare, the established maternal bond, the continuity and current pattern of care provided by the mother, and the Social Welfare Officer's recommendation, the disadvantages of transferring care to the grandmother (disruption of bonds, likely upbringing largely by servants) outweighed the grandmother's material advantages; therefore care and control should be awarded to the mother.