Read the full judgment text of FCMC 664/2012 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 22 July 2022 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial Causes – Maintenance – Variation of Order – Child Support – Costs – District Court – Consent Order – Material Change in Circumstances – Maintenance order dated 1 February 2013 varied – Husband sought to vary maintenance from HK$6,500 to HK$0.00 backdated to April 2013 – Court held no basis for remission from April 2013 due to husband's salary increases – Verbal agreement claim rejected – Current maintenance set at HK$4,000 per month from 1 September 2019 – Remission of HK$34,000 for periods of unemployment – Costs order: Husband to pay 50% of wife's costs – Judgment summons adjourned – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance Cap. 192 s.11(7) applied
Legal issues: Remission of maintenance from April 2013 · Current maintenance amount · Backdating of variation · Costs order
Outcome: Maintenance order varied; arrears partially remitted; costs order made
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