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Hong Kong Case Law

Housing and care arrangements
  • 21 Jul 2023

    DB v. DMA

    Citation
    [2023] HKFC 137
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC1006/2021

    There were no shareable assets so the case was decided on a needs basis. The Husband materially failed to disclose financial information and the court drew adverse inferences, finding the Husband's true accessible income was higher than his declared salary and assessed at not less than HK$45,000/month. On that basis the Husband was ordered to pay spousal maintenance to the Wife of HK$5,400/month until death or remarriage and child maintenance of HK$22,400/month total (HK$5,600 per child) with specified durations for each child; the Husband must pay children's school and related expenses direc…