Read the full judgment text of FCMC 006760/2008 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 28 April 2009 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial Causes – Maintenance Pending Suit – Interim Maintenance for Child – Quantum – Backdating – District Court – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance Cap. 192 s.3 and s.5 – Wife claimed monthly deficit of HK$35,240 but court found deficit closer to HK$16,000 based on bank accounts – Husband income approx HK$167,000 per month including rental income – Court ordered husband to pay wife HK$2,500 per month maintenance pending suit and HK$15,000 per month interim maintenance for child – Payments backdated to 1 December 2008 with credit for interim maintenance paid from 1 March 2009 – No order as to costs as parties acted in person and neither entirely successful.
Legal issues: Maintenance pending suit for wife · Interim maintenance for child · Backdating of maintenance
Outcome: Husband ordered to pay wife HK$2,500 per month maintenance pending suit and HK$15,000 per month interim maintenance for child. Payments backdated to 1 December 2008. No order as to costs.