Read the full judgment text of FCJA 2208/2009 on BabelCite. This FCJA judgment was delivered on 25 October 2012 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Family law – maintenance – variation of order – child support – financial circumstances – backdating – arrears – District Court – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance Cap. 192 s.11(7) – parties both police officers with similar incomes – father applied to reduce maintenance from HK$9,000 to HK$4,500 citing remarriage and supporting parents – court assessed expenses and set maintenance at HK$7,700 per month – backdated to 1 February 2012 – arrears payment waived due to inability to pay – no order as to costs
Legal issues: Appropriate level of maintenance · Backdating of maintenance order · Payment of arrears
Outcome: Application granted in part; maintenance reduced to HK$7,700 per month; arrears waived.
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