Read the full judgment text of FCMC 11709/2017 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 30 September 2021 before 彭家光.
Matrimonial proceedings – Ancillary relief – Inheritance – Financial need – Non-disclosure – Earning capacity – Costs. Whether wife's inheritance from father should be shared as matrimonial asset. Whether husband has financial need and earning capacity. Whether husband concealed assets. Court held wife's inheritance was separate property given testator's will and financial independence since 2012. Husband found to have earning capacity and rental income. Husband's application dismissed. Husband ordered to pay 75% of wife's costs.
Legal issues: Whether wife's inheritance should be shared · Whether husband has financial need and earning capacity · Whether husband concealed assets
Outcome: Husband's ancillary relief application dismissed.
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