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  • 31 Aug 2023

    SKA v. TI

    Citation
    [2023] HKFC 176
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC3496/2018

    Leave to permanently remove the two children to England was granted because, on the holistic welfare assessment, the relocation is in the children's best interests: both children expressed a clear, informed and consistent wish to live with their father; the father is the primary carer with a strong bond to the children; independent SIRs and a detailed ISIR confirmed feasibility (accommodation, schooling, family support and medical access); the father's plan was realistic and well prepared; the mother's objections were speculative or unsupported by evidence and did not outweigh the welfare fac…

  • 18 May 2016

    FCKY v. WKK

    Citation
    FCKY v. WKK
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC11728/2014

    Mother's relocation application was granted because the court found the application genuine and realistic, the mother lacks adequate social and financial support in Hong Kong such that refusal would materially impair her psychological stability (and therefore the children's welfare), Canada offers established family, social and educational support and the court could craft enforceable access arrangements and ancillary orders (including mirror order) to preserve the father-child relationship.