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Hong Kong Case Law

Contribution to child expenses
  • 16 Jan 2019

    TPF v. W

    Citation
    [2019] HKFC 19
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC16179/2011

    On a fresh evaluation of both parties' finances and the child's needs the court concluded that the parties should share the child's expenses equally; allowing specific household and direct expense items, the court fixed the father's contribution at HK$6,600 per month (HK$2,200 towards general household expenses and HK$4,400 towards direct child expenses), found the father has means to pay and ordered the sum to be backdated to 1 November 2017 with payments to take effect from 1 February 2019; costs awarded to the mother (order nisi to be made absolute).