30 Dec 1994
KWAN CHUI KWOK YING and Another v. TAO WAI CHUN and others
- Citation
- KWAN CHUI KWOK YING and Another v. TAO WAI CHUN and others
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2996/1990
Registry marriage under Marriage Ordinance held void because deceased had a living concubine and intended to keep her; nonetheless court found parties had validly contracted a Chinese customary marriage by observance of essential rites and intentions; the 1st plaintiff is lawful surviving widow; the 1st defendant was validly accepted as concubine by wife and family and her children are lawful children; the 15th defendant is lawful and natural son of deceased — Macau documentary evidence insufficient to rebut presumption of legitimacy; prior consent order and settlements did not estop raising…