Read the full judgment text of FCMC 009332/2007 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 9 September 2009 before 區域法院陳振國暫委法官.
Child custody – Variation of custody order – Welfare of children paramount – Child abuse conviction – Supervised access – Costs – Father convicted of abusing second son – Father denied abuse and refused to cooperate with professionals – Children expressed fear of father and preferred living with mother – Social welfare reports recommended custody to mother and supervised access – Court awarded custody to mother and ordered supervised access with supervision order – Father ordered to pay costs due to abuse and disregard for children's welfare
Legal issues: Custody determination based on welfare of children · Access arrangements for the father · Costs order
Outcome: Custody varied to mother; supervised access for father; supervision order; costs against father.