Read the full judgment text of FCMC 2157/2013 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 28 November 2014 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial causes – Ancillary relief – Needs based case – Division of assets – Child maintenance – Spousal maintenance – Costs – District Court – Parties met in Hong Kong in 2006 and married in 2008 with two children – Matrimonial home sold in 2014 – Dispute over loan from wife's father and division of net proceeds – Court held loan should be deducted from proceeds – Net proceeds divided 65% to wife and 35% to husband – Child maintenance ordered at HK$6,000 per child per month – Spousal maintenance nominal HK$1 per annum – No order as to costs – Section 18 declaration issued
Legal issues: Computation of assets · Treatment of loan from wife's father · Treatment of parties' debts · Reasonable needs of parties · Division of assets · Earning capacity · Child maintenance · Spousal maintenance · Costs
Outcome: Ancillary relief granted. Net proceeds of sale divided 65% Wife/35% Husband. Child maintenance HK$6,000 per child/month. Spousal maintenance nominal HK$1/year. No order as to costs.