25 Feb 2020
YSYM v. LHB
- Citation
- [2020] HKFC 35
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMC19025/2012
The court refused the mother’s application to remove/relocate the children because, viewing the child’s welfare as paramount, the removal plan was not demonstrated to be realistic or secure: inadequate and uncertain childcare and fallback arrangements in Vancouver, the mother’s likely prioritisation of her own desire to leave, material risk that relocation would further damage an already poor father–children relationship given the record of unsatisfactory access, and the mother’s inability to allay concerns about immigration/job contingency; accordingly the SWO recommendation was not adopted…