Children & Families

Our chambers houses Hong Kong’s leading experts on child law.  Chambers has dealt with many of the most difficult disputes over children’s welfare and has a wealth of experience in all aspects of child law.  Our members have regularly acted as experts in foreign proceedings in relation to adoption and child abduction [See here].

 

We particularly excel in matters which require patient and creative management and in those which involve serious allegations of harm to children. A large proportion of our cases concerning children contain an international element. We are also regularly instructed in cases concerning international child abduction and cases of international relocation. The enforcement of orders concerning children, in this jurisdiction and overseas, is a regular part of our work.

 

Examples of the work that we have regular experience of doing include:

• Disputes over contact and residence

• Relocation overseas

• Child abduction

• Disputes over children’s schooling

• Changes of children’s names

• Disputes between parents over children’s health care

• Enforcement of orders, domestically and internationally

• Adoption & foster care

 

For more information about our experience, please contact our support team or see the profiles of our members.

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Areas of Experience

 

• Guardianship

• Custody, Care & Control, Access orders

• Surrogacy and parental orders

• Adoption, International adoption

• Rights of unmarried fathers

• Declarations of parentage, legitimacy etc.

• International Child Abduction (Hague)

• Child abuse, domestic violence

• Wardship, Care or Protection Orders

• Foster care