In a divorce case, the Hong Kong Family Court ordered two young children (aged 7 and 3) to permanently relocate to Singapore with their father, rejecting the mother’s application to move them to Dongguan, China.

The court considered the father’s financially sustainable relocation plan, the children’s Singaporean citizenship, and the father’s willingness to facilitate the mother’s involvement in their lives.

The mother’s relocation plan was deemed financially uncertain, and the court noted her failure to correct the children’s misconceptions about their father, as well as her limited time due to work commitments. 

Although the daughter expressed a preference to live with her mother, the court gave this limited weight due to her young age and misunderstanding of the circumstances.