Read the full judgment text of FCMC 11058/2018 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 23 September 2020 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial Causes – District Court – Interim Maintenance – Variation of Order – Standard of Living – Ability to Pay – Costs – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance Cap 192 s.5 and s.11(7) – Whether interim maintenance for children should be varied upwards – Whether wife entitled to maintenance pending suit – Court considers needs of children and husband's ability to pay including resources and borrowing capacity – Standard of living adjusted post-separation but children's needs met – Wife's budget rejected as wish list in favor of reasonable allowances – Respondent ordered to pay HK$30,000 per child per month and HK$4,800 for wife – Costs awarded to Petitioner on party and party basis
Legal issues: Variation of interim maintenance for children · Maintenance pending suit for wife · Reasonableness of expenses and standard of living
Outcome: Application for variation of interim maintenance granted; maintenance pending suit for wife ordered.