https://www.scmp.com/rss/306324/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Is there any legal protection in Hong Kong for same-sex couples who register their marriage overseas? Although the city enjoys a reputation as an international financial community, our social development is far from advanced. This is particularly the case with sexual minority and gender issues or rights. A valid marriage is defined as one celebrated in Hong Kong by a man and a woman, each of whom, at the time of the marriage, was not less than 16 years of age and not married to any other... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1844062/legal-problems-arise-hong-kong-if-same-sex-couples-wed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1844062/legal-problems-arise-hong-kong-if-same-sex-couples-wed?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:38:53 +0000 Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman agrees to become a "surrogate mother" and carry a child for intended parents. Gestational surrogacy involves the surrogate mother carrying an embryo created by in vitro fertilisation technology - in which it is developed from an egg fertilised outside the human body - with the intention that the child be handed over to the couple after birth. The intended father and mother of the child are the "commissioning father" and "commissioning mother". Under... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1548873/why-overseas-surrogacy-may-not-be-answer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1548873/why-overseas-surrogacy-may-not-be-answer?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jul 2014 19:42:35 +0000 With a rising number of unmarried couples, the law has evolved in the area of maintenance orders for children born out of wedlock. Formerly, different financial provision orders were available to children of married and unmarried couples, with limited provisions to the latter, but England has long removed this disparity. It is accepted that the law should treat all children equally, but our legislation is not identical to English law. The question of whether the courts here had the power to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1528812/children-married-unmarried-parents-equal-under-maintenance-laws?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1528812/children-married-unmarried-parents-equal-under-maintenance-laws?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jun 2014 20:21:00 +0000 In the affluent sector of our community, many wealthy parents provide financial assistance to their adult children, ranging from the purchase of properties to providing continuous generous financial support. The impact of third party or family financial assistance on such adult children in divorce proceedings was considered by the English court in a divorce case in the 1990s. The husband worked for the family business, earned a modest salary but maintained a lifestyle beyond his income. In... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1252749/why-wealthy-hong-kong-parents-could-pay-price-when-offspring-divorce?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1252749/why-wealthy-hong-kong-parents-could-pay-price-when-offspring-divorce?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000