Read the full judgment text of FCMC 3761/2009 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 5 November 2020 before HH Judge C.K. Chan.
Matrimonial law – Variation of maintenance – Material change in circumstances – Clean break – Earning capacity – Husband remarried with two children, income fixed at $39,000. Wife unemployed since July 2019. Whether variation justified by changed circumstances. Whether wife utilized earning capacity. Discharge allowed. Costs to husband.
Legal issues: Variation of maintenance order · Wife's earning capacity · Clean break principle
Outcome: Application for discharge of maintenance order allowed. Maintenance order discharged as from 1 August 2019.