Read the full judgment text of FCMC 7243/2008 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 28 June 2017 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Variation of maintenance – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance Cap 192 s.11 – change of circumstances – redundancy – children’s expenses – university fees – suspension of order – assessment of reasonable expenses – Petitioner husband applied to reduce maintenance for wife and two children following redundancy – Court found husband's redundancy constituted significant change of circumstances – Wife's maintenance suspended until husband finds employment – Children's maintenance reduced to reflect parties' similar asset bases and wife's exaggerated expenses – N's maintenance reduced to HK$10,000 per month plus university fees – E's maintenance reduced to HK$33,000 per month – No order as to costs.
Legal issues: Power to vary maintenance order · Change of circumstances · Assessment of children's maintenance
Outcome: Maintenance order varied; wife's maintenance suspended; children's maintenance reduced; no order as to costs.
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