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Hong Kong Case Law

Visitation arrangements
  • 26 Jun 2018

    傅 對 萬

    Citation
    [2018] HKFC 99
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC12555/2016

    Applying the paramount principle of the child's best interests and weighing the social welfare reports and evidence, the court found the parents lacked a reliable cooperative basis for joint day-to-day care; evidence showed the father was better placed to meet the child's ongoing needs (greater involvement, resources, support and educational oversight) while the mother's shortcomings posed a risk to quality of care. Therefore awarding sole care and control to the father, while keeping joint guardianship and granting the mother reasonable access, was necessary to secure the child's best intere…