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Hong Kong Case Law

Non‑maintenance
  • 4 Jul 1970

    CHAN WOO LAI SHEUNG v. CHAN KEONG

    Citation
    CHAN WOO LAI SHEUNG v. CHAN KEONG
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMC58/1970

    The court held that the respondent's persistent drug addiction combined with refusal of sexual intercourse, absence of maintenance, a prior assault, repeated imprisonments and the petitioner's reasonable apprehension for her health constituted cruelty; those facts also made cohabitation virtually impossible and amounted to constructive desertion, justifying a decree nisi.