Read the full judgment text of FCMC 16044/2009 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 4 September 2017 before Deputy District Judge J. Chow.
Matrimonial Causes – Judgment Summons – Maintenance Arrears – Set-off – Voluntary Payment – District Court – Whether judgment debtor liable for daughter's maintenance arrears of $50,500 despite claim of overpayment to wife – Court held party bound by orders granted; voluntary increase of wife's maintenance cannot be set off against further order without precondition – Husband ordered to pay wife $50,500 within 14 days; costs order nisi made.
Legal issues: Liability for daughter's maintenance arrears
Outcome: Husband ordered to pay wife $50,500 within 14 days; costs order nisi made.
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