Read the full judgment text of FCMC 13195/2011 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 22 August 2017 before 翁喬奇法官.
Family law – variation of maintenance order – consent order – material change of circumstances – child maintenance – joint care – income disparity – Legal Aid. The court considered whether the husband's voluntary reduction of income, alleged concealment of wife's income, and failure to enroll child in interest classes justified varying the consent order. The court rejected the husband's reasons for changing the payment mode but adjusted the child maintenance amount during the husband's care periods due to joint care arrangement and income disparity. Husband's summons dismissed; child maintenance reduced to $2,500 during care periods; wife's maintenance reduced to $0.
Legal issues: Whether husband's voluntary reduction of income justifies variation · Whether wife's alleged concealment of income invalidates consent order · Whether failure to enroll child in interest classes justifies stopping fixed maintenance · Whether child maintenance should be adjusted during joint care periods
Outcome: Husband's application to vary maintenance order dismissed in part; child maintenance adjusted during joint care periods; wife's maintenance reduced to $0.
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