Read the full judgment text of HCMP 447/2022 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 31 August 2023.
1. This is an application by the next friend (“ NF ”) of a baby at the time of the application (“ K ”) for a declaration that the respondent (“ R ”), who provided the egg for his birth, be declared K’s “parent”. NF is K’s gestational mother. The application calls for interpretation of section 6 of the Parent and Child Ordinance, Cap 429 (“ PCO ”) as to whether R is a “parent”. Alternatively, it calls for exercise of the court’s power under its inherent parens patriae jurisdiction. In all referen
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