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Hong Kong Case Law

Leave to remove child from jurisdiction

  • 31 Mar 2023

    ZZ v. LX

    Citation
    [2023] HKFC 62
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMP167/2018

    On the evidence the parents are competent, loving and capable of rational co-operation; the mother has de facto care and control but the father has a close, harmonious relationship with the child; the court rejects the assertion that cooperation is impossible and holds that joint custody better serves the childs best interests while maintaining care and control with the mother to preserve stability; access is defined as bi-monthly day access and limited video contact, staying access and fathers leave to remove the child are refused for now, with a 9-month supervision order and a progress re…

  • 5 Jun 1980

    NG CHEEI FAI v. NG HAN LAI WAH

    Citation
    NG CHEEI FAI v. NG HAN LAI WAH
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV28/1980

    Custody and leave to remove were granted to the respondent because the paramount consideration was the child's welfare, which the judge found was best served by placement with the mother given the child's expressed preference, the closer mother–child relationship and superior prospects in the United States; undertakings were required though their enforceability abroad was uncertain.