21 Sept 2015
DX v. LN
- Citation
- DX v. LN
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMC7870/2014
Applying MPPO and authorities, the court found the Wife had exhausted available cash and that third‑party family support to the Husband was likely to continue; the Wife was entitled to maintenance pending suit and a costs provision. The court applied a broad‑brush assessment of needs and means, discounted some of Wife's claimed extravagances but accepted her urgent need and the unfairness of unequal legal representation; the appropriate interim award was fixed as a combined monthly payment (maintenance plus staged costs provision) of HK$233,333 dated from 1 May 2015 until further order, with…