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Hong Kong Case Law

Clean break settlement

  • 28 Mar 2018

    NH v. SH nee C

    Citation
    [2018] HKFC 41
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC11845/2007

    Because A intends to resume full time education and is likely to live at home for the coming academic year, it would be unfair and unreasonable to terminate payments now; therefore the existing order for HK$21,000 per month remains in force until A starts a degree or similar tertiary course that requires him to live away from home, at which point the HK$21,000 payment will end and the father's undertaking (to pay reasonable course fees, up to GBP300 per month accommodation and GBP500 per month allowance while at college/university) will take effect; undertaking O dated 5 June 2008 is discharg…

  • 18 Feb 2015

    MSK v. GL

    Citation
    MSK v. GL
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC1559/2014

    On the evidence the husband did not possess substantial hidden assets; applying MPPO s7 factors and LKW v DD steps the court ordered sale of the two matrimonial properties with equal division of net proceeds but departed from strict equality by awarding the wife a capitalized maintenance lump sum of HK$480,000 (four years) plus HK$100,000 share of liabilities and HK$4,000 costs, totaling HK$584,000 on a clean break; interim maintenance to continue until proceeds available and attachment order unnecessary given clean break.