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Mode of payment to children vs parent
  • 7 Aug 2024

    KCMA v. ABC AND OTHERS

    Citation
    [2024] HKCFI 2374
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMC1/2019

    The court found a material change of circumstances in respect of two children (R and S) who are now or soon will be independent students in the US with bank accounts, thereby justifying revisiting the mode of payment under s.11(7). The variation was granted in part: periodical payments remain HKD20,000 per child per month but are to be paid directly to each child when they turn 18, study at university and have a bank account, subject to a HKD3,333 monthly deduction payable to the mother as each child’s share of rental; the variation takes effect 1 September 2024; costs awarded to father on 80…