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Hong Kong Case Law

Maintenance for child

  • 14 Oct 2024

    潘 對 陳

    Citation
    [2024] HKFC 190
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC3648/2023

    Applying Cap.192 s.7 factors and LKW v DD guidance, the court found both parties have sufficient means to support themselves (no spousal maintenance awarded), assessed the child's reasonable needs at approximately HK$9,500 per month, evaluated each parent's income and obligations (including respondent's caregiving constraints and applicant's government allowances), rejected allegations of undisclosed valuable assets for lack of evidence, and ordered respondent to pay child maintenance HK$800 per month and to transfer HK$10,900 in red-envelope funds to applicant for the child's benefit.

  • 8 Nov 2022

    CCYL v. CCSR

    Citation
    [2022] HKFC 238
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC13650/2019

    Because the husband deliberately failed to give full and frank disclosure, the court drew adverse inferences that he had hidden assets (including Seychelles company and Interactive Brokers account), concluded he was a person with means (assets significantly more than HK$8,093,000), applied needs and sharing principles and ordered lump sum capital of HK$2,100,000 to wife, lump sum HK$480,000 for the daughter and monthly child maintenance of HK$49,000; interim maintenance discharged and costs to wife on indemnity basis.

  • 21 Apr 2021

    KYK v. MSMSC

    Citation
    [2021] HKFC 76
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC8842/2009

    Applying s11 MPPO and the statutory child maintenance factors in s5 and s7(2), accepting the mother's adjusted and supported expense figures and her evidence regarding the father's means (including property and ongoing restaurant business), and having regard to the father's non-disclosure and non-appearance, the court found the father able to pay increased maintenance and awarded specified monthly sums for each child and costs to the respondent.

  • 20 May 2008

    SDY v. KSLS

    Citation
    SDY v. KSLS
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC11958/2006

    The court found on the evidence that the majority of funds advanced by the wife's father were gifts (with the HK$1,000,000 tranche treated as given to both parties for purchase of the matrimonial home). The TKS property was held to be non-matrimonial but not immune from consideration when achieving a fair outcome. Applying the two-stage approach and s.7 factors (need, sharing, compensation) in light of the short marriage with a child, fairness required the wife retain the TKS property and the former matrimonial home, the husband receive transfer of 31B and the jointly held car park and a lump…