Read the full judgment text of FCMC 10819/2002 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 15 August 2013 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial Causes – Variation of Maintenance – Periodical Payments – Backdating – Husband's Income Reduction – Wife's Earning Capacity – Fair Outcome – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance Cap. 192 s.11(7) – Whether maintenance should be reduced to zero – Court held maintenance should not be reduced to zero given wife's earning capacity and property income – Husband's income reduced but not to extent of zero maintenance – Variation backdated to August 2012 due to income drop – Maintenance reduced to HK$3,500 per month – Call over judgment summons ordered – No order as to costs
Legal issues: Variation of maintenance amount · Backdating of variation
Outcome: Maintenance reduced to HK$3,500 per month; backdated to 1 August 2012.
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