Surrogacy, Parent Order and Right of Abode in Hong Kong I. Surrogacy and the Laws of Hong Kong on Paternity Relationships Who is the legal mother of the child in a surrogacy relationship? Under section 9 of the Parent and Child Ordinance (Cap. 429), the woman who carries the child (i.e. the surrogate mother) is...Read More

The effect of divorce on the children of the marriage, especially children of tender years, is deeply felt, and most of such children desire that they could continue to be protected and guided by both parents. In Hong Kong, the usual options for custody orders, as between parents, are (1) sole custody, (2) joint custody,...Read More

Many clients, when dealing with divorce, have questions on removal of the Children of Family out of jurisdiction of Hong Kong. Removing children out of Hong Kong might have the effect of actually depriving the other parties’s access to the Child, and also might acutally depriving the Hong Kong court’s jurisdiciton to exercise control on...Read More