Read the full judgment text of FCMC 11384/2021 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 27 May 2025 before Her Honour Judge Grace Chan.
Ancillary relief – Matrimonial home – MPF discount – Needs principle – Absent respondent – Costs – Property division – Child maintenance – LKW v DD – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance – Parties married in 1999 and separated in 2020 with one son born in 2010 – Husband absent from proceedings – Matrimonial home valued at $1.2 million and PRC property valued at RMB290,000 – Wife employed while husband worked as warehouse worker – MPF discounted by 40% for wife and 30% for husband – Housing needs of wife and child justify departure from equal-sharing principle – Matrimonial home transferred to wife to provide stability for son – No costs order made due to late open offer and failure to set out case on husband's MPF in narrative affirmation – Wife's own costs taxed in accordance with Legal Aid Regulations
Legal issues: MPF Valuation · Asset Division · Costs
Outcome: Matrimonial home transferred to wife; Husband retains PRC property; No order as to costs.
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