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Hong Kong Case Law

Residence and schooling
  • 5 May 2023

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    Citation
    [2023] HKFC 81
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC8940/2020

    Both parents were capable and loving but, on balance, maintaining the status quo was in the child's best interests: father was granted care and control because the child had mostly lived with him at the principal residence, his accommodation was objectively superior and closer to the child's school, and experienced family and domestic support were available; social worker reports supported joint custody with father having day‑to‑day care and detailed contact for mother. Given prior volatile exchanges, supervised/neutral handover locations and social worker assistance were necessary to protect…