2 Sept 2016
JN v. TLC
- Citation
- JN v. TLC
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMP283/2011
Paragraphs 6 and 8 of the 23 July 2014 Maintenance Order were outside the court’s power as non-periodic liabilities and are therefore dismissed; although the Hong Kong court has statutory power to vary maintenance orders, the court declines to exercise jurisdiction to vary paragraph 3 to incorporate education and health expenses because the child is resident in Australia and welfare/custody issues affecting maintenance are appropriately determined in Australia; the father’s variation summons is dismissed for non-attendance.
- Variation of maintenance order
- Jurisdiction and forum conveniens
- Stay of proceedings
- Registration and enforcement via foreign agency (csa)
- Child welfare and custody interrelation