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Hong Kong Case Law

Child maintenance beyond age
  • 29 Jan 2014

    EMWW nee EMWT v. SKKW

    Citation
    EMWW nee EMWT v. SKKW
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC9631/1998

    The husband was entitled to stop payments from September 2012 because the son had attained over 21 and no medical certification extended maintenance; the evidence showed the parties had long negotiated and the husband made substantial additional payments such that the wife had effectively acquiesced to reduced levels; given changed circumstances and lack of timely enforcement the wife's notional 8% increases were not enforceable as arrears and the maintenance order should be varied in the terms sought by the husband, with order 4 discharged from 1 September 2012 and any claimed outstanding su…