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  • 10 Mar 2006

    W v. W

    Citation
    W v. W
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC13244/1997

    Applying s.7 MPPO criteria the court found the wife had minimal earning capacity and the husband had sufficient resources; the wife's and children's reasonable needs were assessed at HK$65,000 per month; the husband was ordered to transfer his interest in the matrimonial home, pay a lump sum of HK$3,000,000, pay HK$340,000 (HK$90,000 arrears and HK$250,000 for repairs), and to pay periodical maintenance of HK$65,000 per month (HK$25,000 to wife until remarriage or death and HK$20,000 to each child until 18 or cessation of full-time education), and the husband's summons to vary interim mainten…