Read the full judgment text of FCMC 12293/2000 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 29 January 2015 before 區域法院暫委法官陳玉芬.
Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance (Cap 192) – Maintenance modification – Ability to work – Hidden assets – Husband's financial capacity – Wife's maintenance reduced to $1 per year – The court considered applications by both parties to vary a 2005 maintenance order. The husband sought reduction to zero citing financial hardship, remarriage, and health issues. The wife sought increase citing inability to work and hidden assets. The court found the wife had ability to work and made adverse inferences regarding hidden assets and income. The court found the husband's debt claims partially unsubstantiated. The court reduced the wife's maintenance to a nominal $1 per year, considering her ability to earn and living rent-free, while acknowledging the husband's obligations to his new family. No costs order was made.
Legal issues: Wife's ability to work · Wife's hidden assets (Tai Koon property) · Wife's hidden assets (Bank accounts) · Husband's hidden assets · Husband's debts and expenses · Final maintenance adjustment
Outcome: Wife's application dismissed; Husband's application granted in part (maintenance reduced to $1/year)
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