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Hong Kong Case Law

Conduct in awarding maintenance
  • 8 Jan 1973

    FONG KONG SHING v. FONG NG CHUN HUNG AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    FONG KONG SHING v. FONG NG CHUN HUNG AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMC11/1971

    Although the wife was found guilty of single act of adultery, the court held she was not disentitled to maintenance given the husband's greater blame for breakdown; the registrar assessed the husband's realistic net income at HK$1,500 per month, deducted admitted expenses, applied the one‑third rule with the wife's potential earnings of HK$250, and awarded maintenance of HK$150 per month payable during the joint lives of the parties or until further order.