Economic Times | Hugill & Ip and Mother’s Choice Team Up for the #ProtectYourChildren Campaign

Economic Times | Hugill & Ip and Mother’s Choice Team Up for the #ProtectYourChildren Campaign

Economic Times | Hugill & Ip and Mother’s Choice Team Up for the #ProtectYourChildren Campaign 1800 1200 Hugill & Ip

Hong Kong, 3 November 2020Hugill & Ip and Mother’s Choice are excited to launch a joint campaign to raise funds to benefit our community including the many children without families and pregnant teenagers in Hong Kong.

The #ProtectYourChildren campaign officially kicks off on 9 November 2020. The date marks World Adoption Day which aims to raise awareness for adoption and to support families in the adoption process. Every year ambassadors from all over the world organise a series of events, bringing together people from all walks of life to mark #WorldAdoptionDay.

Mother’s Choice celebrates Adoption Awareness Month, hosting events and publishing materials to support families in the Hong Kong community. This year Hugill & Ip will also participate to raise awareness about legal issues related to the protection of children.

Hugill & Ip’s Estate Planning team will prepare temporary and/or permanent Deeds of Guardianship, on a pro-bono basis, in exchange for direct charitable donations to Mother’s Choice – the minimum donation is HK$4,800 and all money will go to Mother’s Choice. The goal is to benefit parents, friends or allies of Mother’s Choice to prepare for their families’ future arrangements and security. While donations can only be received from 9 November to 6 December 2020, the period for taking appointments and the preparation of Deeds of Guardianship with the Estate Planning team at Hugill & Ip will run until 30 April 2021. This is a great opportunity for everyone who has not yet put in place or needs to update their guardianship wishes, while supporting an important charitable organisation. Donations are tax-deductible.

It’s sad to imagine, but should something happen to parents, children need a guardian to take care of them and make fundamental life decisions. Every parent should appoint guardians. A person appointed as the guardian will acquire full parental rights and authority in respect of the child.  Temporary guardianship should be considered where, for example, a permanent guardian lives overseas, but the child is alone in Hong Kong. In absence of a Deed of Guardianship, children could become wards of the Social Welfare Department, even if there are other family members in Hong Kong to care of them.

During the campaign, there will be a series of events regarding adoption legal issues. Mother’s Choice supports each member of the adoption triangle, the birth parents, adoptive parents and most importantly, the child. The organisation received accreditation from the Adoption Unit of the Hong Kong Social Welfare Department in 2010, becoming one of three partner agencies providing adoption services and conduct adoption suitability assessments for prospective families.

Social responsibility has been an important part of Hugill & Ip’s DNA since its early days. The firm is committed to advancing policies that address all aspects of social responsibility. These include good ethical behaviour, care for the environment and involvement in the community, in fact social and environmental responsibility can create a chain of personal and professional behaviours that positively impact our society, in Hong Kong and globally.


Originally published on Economic Times – both on the English and Chinese versions of the website

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