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Hong Kong Case Law

Supervised contact
  • 31 Aug 2018

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    Citation
    [2018] HKFC 145
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC12162/2015

    Given the child's age (6), established primary care by the mother, the lack of mutual trust between parents, the absence of evidence that mother’s concerns are well-founded to the point of precluding supervised contact, and the social worker's detailed, impartial recommendation, the court concluded the child's best interests are served by joint legal custody with the mother having care and control, supervised daytime non‑overnight contact for the father of three hours weekly with a third party present, social welfare monitoring for 12 months, and a prohibition on taking the child out of juris…