Read the full judgment text of FCMC 9631/1998 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 29 January 2014 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial causes – Variation of maintenance – Child maintenance – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance – Arrears – District Court – Maintenance beyond age 21 – 8% annual increase – Husband's application granted – Arrears remitted – Whether maintenance for the son should be paid beyond the age of 21 years – No; husband entitled to stop payment in September 2012 – Whether the court should accept the wife’s argument that maintenance should have been increased by at least 8% per annum – No; sums calculated by wife not enforceable as arrears
Legal issues: Maintenance beyond age 21 · 8% annual increase vs Husband's proposed levels
Outcome: Application granted; maintenance order discharged from 1 September 2012; arrears remitted.
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