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Hong Kong Case Law

Apportionment of child expenses

  • 29 Jan 2021

    YPM v. BCM

    Citation
    [2021] HKFC 11
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC1763/2019

    The court accepted the mother's current income as HKD60,917.34 per month plus net NYC rental income HKD7,911.06 per month and accepted the father's income as HKD95,000 per month; rejected assertions of available trusts or significant parental resources for the mother; held that given the shared care arrangement each parent is responsible for day-to-day living expenses while children are with them and that children’s school fees, medical/dental expenses and one private ECA should be equally shared; ordered specific directions for school placement and made a costs order nisi in favour of the fa…

  • 22 Sept 2006

    S v. P

    Citation
    S v. P
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC9609/2000

    The court assessed both parties’ current incomes, assets and reasonable expenses, recharacterised and reduced or disallowed unreasonable items, attributed proportions of general household costs to the child, concluded parties should equally share the child's reasonable monthly expenses, and reduced the husband's periodical payment to reflect his existing direct expenditures and his fair share, fixing maintenance at HKD 9,600 per month effective 1 October 2006.