Read the full judgment text of FCMC 1182/2000 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 5 September 2013 before HH Judge C.K. Chan.
Variation of maintenance – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance (Cap.192) s.11 – Reasonable needs – Earning capacity – Child maintenance – Reimbursement – Wife applied for upward variation of maintenance and daughter's maintenance after 15 years separation – Whether wife has earning capacity given health conditions, reasonable needs of wife and daughter, reimbursement amount – Wife has earning capacity of $6,000/month; Wife's maintenance set at $18,000/month for 5 years with 5% annual increase; Daughter's maintenance set at CAD 3,800/month with 3% annual increase; Reimbursement HK$ 86,640.18 ordered – Application granted in part; Husband to pay half of Wife's costs.
Legal issues: The financial circumstances of the wife · The reasonable needs of the wife · The reasonable needs of S · The reasonable amount of reimbursement payable by the husband
Outcome: Application for variation of maintenance granted in part. Wife's maintenance increased to HK$18,000/month for 5 years. Daughter's maintenance increased to CAD 3,800/month. Reimbursement ordered.
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