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Hong Kong Case Law

Cohabitation under same roof
  • 30 Oct 2023

    W v. H

    Citation
    [2023] HKFC 224
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC6843/2022

    The judge accepted the petitioner's evidence and disbelieved the respondent's inconsistent accounts; evidence established living apart (exclusive residence of petitioner and son in Kwun Tong cubicle, absence of sexual relations since 2017, minimal communications limited to child matters), the respondent failed to plead or prove grave financial hardship under s15B, and therefore the marriage had broken down irretrievably and decree nisi was granted with costs to the petitioner.