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Hong Kong Case Law

Change in financial circumstances
  • 11 Nov 2021

    張 對 劉

    Citation
    [2022] HKFC 16
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCJA215/2009

    The applicant proved a substantial change in that he lost his job in March 2020, but he failed to prove that his bankruptcy application or his claimed low income were sufficiently established; because the applicant retained some earning capacity and did not provide adequate evidence of a sustained income at the level he claimed, the court would not make a major reduction but an appropriate moderate reduction was justified; accordingly maintenance was reduced from HKD 5,500 to HKD 4,000 per month effective 1 November 2021.