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Hong Kong Case Law

Budgeting and apportionment
  • 31 Jan 2018

    LY v. FF

    Citation
    [2018] HKFC 13
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC161/2017

    Applying s.3 MPPO and relevant authorities the court took a broad‑brush reasonableness approach to the parties' disclosed budgets, made specific allowed adjustments, rejected the respondent's contention that the wife's undeployed earning capacity justified significant reduction, found the respondent had the ability to pay, and ordered interim maintenance of HK$13,300 per month for the wife and HK$25,000 per month for the child from 1 February 2018, subject to Legal Aid First Charge; costs awarded to the petitioner.