Read the full judgment text of FCMC 5435/2018 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 6 December 2019 before 彭家光.
Divorce – Defended Petition – Breakdown of marriage – Respondent's behavior – Unable to reasonably expect petitioner to live with respondent – Domestic violence – Financial neglect – Custody – Decree Nisi granted – No order as to costs – Matrimonial Proceedings Ordinance (Cap 179) s.11A – LSC v PKH (Defended Petition) [2008] HKFLR 324 – Livingstone-Stallard [1974] 2 All ER 766 – Grenfell v Grenfell [1978] 1 All ER 561 – Marriage broken down irretrievably due to husband's violence and neglect – Husband absent from trial – Wife granted custody and control of children – Husband's unemployment considered for costs.
Legal issues: 因答辯人的行為而無法合理期望呈請人與其共同生活
Outcome: Decree Nisi granted; marriage held to have broken down irretrievably.