Read the full judgment text of FCMC 1888/2014 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 8 December 2014 before 彭家光暫委法官.
Divorce – Matrimonial Proceedings Ordinance s.11A – Irretrievable breakdown – Respondent's behavior – Decree Nisi – Costs – Parties married in 2012 and separated – Petitioner alleged harassment, violence, and financial exploitation – Respondent absent from trial – Court applied subjective and objective test – Marriage held to have broken down irretrievably – Decree Nisi granted – Respondent ordered to pay costs taxed under Legal Aid Rules
Legal issues: Whether marriage broken down irretrievably due to respondent's behavior
Outcome: Divorce granted (Decree Nisi). Respondent's defense dismissed.