Read the full judgment text of FCMC 4555/2016 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 9 December 2016 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Family law – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance – Interim maintenance – s.5 MPPO – Ability to pay – Costs – District Court – Wife seeks HK$18,000 per month for four children – Husband earns HK$48,000 per month but claims indebtedness – Court applies broad-brush approach – Maintenance reduced to HK$16,000 per month – Costs follow the event – Husband ordered to pay wife's costs – First Appointment hearing scheduled
Legal issues: Appropriate level of interim maintenance · Costs
Outcome: Interim maintenance granted at HK$16,000 per month; Costs awarded to Petitioner