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  • 24 Dec 2020

    馮 對 馮

    Citation
    [2020] HKFC 274
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC14182/2017

    Applying the statutory best‑interests test, the court accepted social workers’ findings and credible evidence that the mother is the primary caregiver providing stable, suitable care and that the parents cannot reasonably cooperate on major decisions; stability and the child’s expressed wishes favored maintaining the existing arrangements, therefore sole custody, care and control was awarded to the mother while defined access was granted to the father per the prior temporary order.

  • 9 Mar 2016

    JDYS v. EYCK also known as KEYC

    Citation
    JDYS v. EYCK also known as KEYC
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC12871/2009

    Court accepted the childrens' ascertainable wishes to see their father more and accepted the SWO and SJE that shared care was feasible but found a full week-on/week-off regime too radical for the youngest child and would not meet the father's concerns about weekday involvement. Balancing welfare checklist factors and parental capacities, the court varied care and control to a structured shared arrangement: children to stay with father from Thursday after school until Saturday 8:30pm during term, with detailed safeguards (fixed daily contact window, consultation rules for ECAs, online calendar…