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Family law [2025] HKFC 10

YWS v. SJ

The court refused to reduce maintenance before retirement, but prospectively lowered it to HK$10,000 a month once the payer retires or stops work.

  • Variation of maintenance
  • Consent order
  • Remarriage and subsequent obligations
  • Adverse inference for non‑calling witness
  • Income and needs assessment
  • Backdating of variation
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Family law [2022] HKFC 152

S, PJ v. S, CE nee D, CE

Family Court variation of maintenance. The court rejected an alleged verbal agreement, varied child maintenance prospectively, partly remitted arrears, and made a costs order.

  • Variation of maintenance
  • Consent order weight
  • Backdating of variation
  • Arrears enforcement
  • Costs
  • Child-maintenance
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Family law [2022] HKFC 144

JPH v. PK

The court granted a husband’s application to vary maintenance, finding a material change in circumstances from worsening health, heavy debt, and no realistic employment prospects.

  • Variation of periodical payments
  • Discharge of maintenance
  • Backdating of variation
  • Change of circumstances (ill‑health)
  • Variation-of-periodical-payments
  • Discharge-of-maintenance
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Family law [2022] HKFC 58

BAM v. DJM nee W

The court partially varied earlier maintenance orders, suspending spousal maintenance temporarily and reducing child maintenance after a further period, while requiring financial disclosure.

  • Variation of maintenance orders
  • Backdating of variation
  • Assessment of means and needs
  • Enforcement and garnishee proceedings
  • Variation-of-maintenance-orders
  • Backdating-of-variation
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Family law [2019] HKFC 246

WM v. CNK

The court varied a child maintenance consent order, discharged the father’s housing undertaking, and fixed maintenance at HK$29,000 monthly, with backdating.

  • Variation of maintenance
  • Consent order
  • Undertakings
  • Change of circumstances
  • Backdating of variation
  • Child-maintenance
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Family law TMM also known as MMJT v. CCY also known as CCYJ

TMM also known as MMJT v. CCY also known as CCYJ

The District Court varied maintenance downward after finding a material change in the husband’s finances, but refused to backdate the reduction.

  • Variation of maintenance
  • Consent order weight
  • Backdating of variation
  • Full and frank disclosure
  • Child support
  • Judgment summons
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