Read the full judgment text of FCMC 8831/2012 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment before Deputy District Judge David Cheung.
Matrimonial Causes – Variation of Maintenance Order – Material Change in Circumstances – Financial Resources – Children Maintenance – Nominal Maintenance – The Petitioner Husband applied to vary maintenance orders for the Wife and children due to income reduction and new family expenses. The Court held that the Husband's change in circumstances did not justify reducing the children's maintenance as his expenses were self-induced. The Wife's maintenance was varied to a nominal sum of HK$1 per annum.
Legal issues: Variation of Children's Maintenance · Variation of Wife's Maintenance · Assessment of Financial Resources
Outcome: Application to vary maintenance dismissed; Wife's maintenance varied to nominal amount.
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