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Family law [2021] HKFC 88

LCH v. JMC

法院拒絕母親帶同女童移居多倫多,維持共同管養及共享照顧,並按每月14日的探視安排及平分學校假期制定具體命令。

  • Relocation
  • Shared care
  • Care and control
  • Access/contact
  • Welfare principle
  • Parental responsibility
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Family law [2019] HKFC 122

黃 對 林

Sole care and control was awarded to the father because maintaining the child's established routine, primary day-to-day caregiving by the father, and the child's clear and consistent wish to live with the father best served the child's welfare; nevertheless the mother was granted defined and enhanced contact including a regular weekly/three-week rotation schedule and equal sharing of long school holidays with procedural rules on selection and notification; the father must provide access to school information and cannot unilaterally exclude the mother from participation in the child's upbringi…

  • Custody
  • Care and control
  • Contact (visitation)
  • Welfare principle
  • Social welfare report
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Family law [2018] HKFC 19

GKLJ v. WE also known as WFYE

The court refused the mother’s leave to appeal, continued interim protective orders for the child, and varied access by removing third-party supervision.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Temporary care and control
  • Non-molestation injunction
  • Admission of fresh evidence in child welfare cases
  • Welfare principle
  • Variation of interim access
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Family law GCOL nee W v. IHL

GCOL nee W v. IHL

The court allowed the mother to relocate the child to Cyprus, kept supervised access in place for two years, and dismissed the father’s summons.

  • Relocation of child
  • Variation of contact/access
  • Supervised access
  • Mirror order
  • Welfare principle
  • Child-relocation
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Family law JDYS v. EYCK also known as KEYC

JDYS v. EYCK also known as KEYC

The court varied children’s care arrangements in a divorce dispute, moving to a structured shared-care order with safeguards after finding the children wished to spend more time with their father.

  • Care and control
  • Access variation
  • Shared care
  • Joint custody
  • Welfare principle
  • Parental communication
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Family law LWYG v. IT

LWYG v. IT

Family Court ruling varied a consent order on a child’s access schedule, setting detailed holiday, birthday, and weekend arrangements and restraining removal from Hong Kong.

  • Child custody
  • Joint custody
  • Access/visitation
  • Holiday and birthday arrangements
  • Non-removal order
  • Welfare principle
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Family law RK v. YS

RK v. YS

A Hong Kong Family Court dismissed a father’s bid to vary a Court of Appeal joint custody order, holding the children’s welfare favoured keeping the existing arrangement.

  • Custody variation
  • Joint custody
  • Access
  • Parental alienation
  • Welfare principle
  • Expert evidence
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Family law PD v. KWW

PD v. KWW

The Court of Appeal upheld joint custody in a divorce-related child custody dispute, but varied access by removing overnight stays and adjusting holiday and weekend contact.

  • Joint custody
  • Sole custody
  • Care and control
  • Access variation
  • Welfare principle
  • Parental consultation
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Family law S v. Z

S v. Z

Custody dispute over two boys: the court granted sole custody to the father, shared practical care, supervised arrangements for 12 months, and weekly counselling for the mother.

  • Custody
  • Care and control
  • Access
  • Supervision
  • Therapeutic counselling
  • Status quo
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Family law CLFM v. DWR

CLFM v. DWR

The court granted the mother leave to remove the two children to Dubai, holding that welfare was paramount and that she was the primary carer.

  • Leave to remove children from jurisdiction
  • Welfare principle
  • Primary carer
  • Children's wishes
  • Access and contact
  • Enforcement of orders overseas
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