Hong Kong High Court grants couple parenting rights in mainland surrogacy case

SCMP · 2026-02-15
Hong Kong High Court grants couple parenting rights in mainland surrogacy case

A Hong Kong court has granted a local married couple a parental order for two boys born following a verbal surrogacy agreement in mainland China, ruling the applicants were merely ignorant that the arrangement was illegal. But a lawyer said the ruling was unlikely to set a precedent as the circumsta