Read the full judgment text of FCMC 12118/2010 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 17 February 2012 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial Causes – Maintenance Pending Suit – Interim Maintenance – Financial Resources – Gambling Allegations – District Court – CLC v SKW – Whether husband has means to pay maintenance – Whether court can order retrospective maintenance – Husband claimed to have gambled away assets but court drew adverse inference – Court found husband has access to funds and higher earning capacity – Maintenance granted for wife and children – Retrospective maintenance dismissed as no power to order interim lump sum or backdate before petition – Costs reserved.
Legal issues: Maintenance pending suit and interim maintenance quantum · Retrospective maintenance application
Outcome: Maintenance pending suit granted; retrospective maintenance dismissed; costs reserved.
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