Read the full judgment text of FCMC 6612/2014 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 16 March 2016 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial Causes – Variation of maintenance – Remission of arrears – Change of circumstances – Unemployment – Fairness – Jurisdiction over property sale order – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance Cap 192 s.11(7) – Husband unemployed since Jan 2015 – Court finds neither party at fault – Half of arrears remitted – Husband ordered to pay half of outstanding arrears – No order as to costs
Legal issues: Jurisdiction to vary sale order · Variation of maintenance due to unemployment · Apportionment of maintenance arrears
Outcome: Application to reduce maintenance adjourned sine die. Arrears remitted by half. Husband ordered to pay wife GBP 40,910 representing half of outstanding arrears. No order as to costs.
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