Read the full judgment text of FCMC 12005/2008 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 12 March 2013 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial law – Variation of maintenance – Child maintenance – Spousal maintenance – Nominal maintenance – District Court – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance Cap. 192 s.11(7) – Whether appropriate level of maintenance for child – Whether spousal maintenance should be reduced to nominal figure – Whether orders should be backdated – Father earns significantly more than mother – Mother now employed – Child maintenance maintained at HK$9,875 per month – Spousal maintenance reduced to HK$1 per annum from 1 September 2012 – Call over scheduled – No order as to costs.
Legal issues: Appropriate level of maintenance for RM · Reduction of mother's maintenance · Backdating of orders
Outcome: Application to vary maintenance granted in part. Child maintenance maintained at HK$9,875 per month. Spousal maintenance reduced to nominal HK$1 per annum.
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