10 Mar 2020
MT v. HYC
- Citation
- [2020] HKFC 55
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMC12163/2012
Applying the paramount welfare principle, the judge found bilingual education and improved Chinese competence, the shorter commute and potential psychological benefit of distance from parental conflict outweighed the status quo; extra tuition was unlikely to replicate CIS's dual-language advantage; the child's current expressed wish to attend CIS, considered alongside expert material and the family's circumstances, supported ordering transfer to CIS, to commence in the summer term 2020.
- School placement
- Child custody and care
- Best interests of the child
- Parental conflict
- Expert reports (psychologist and social welfare)