Defaulting Maintenance Payers in Hong Kong

Legal practitioners can now act for clients who are maintenance payee to apply for details of the current address of a defaulting maintenance payer from the Immigration Department, Housing Department and the Transport Department ("the Departments") by sending an approved pro forma letter to trace the whereabouts of the defaulting maintenance payers.

Further, maintenance payees could report the matter to the police which will start an investigation.

The former could assist legal practitioners to trace the whereabouts of the defaulting maintenance payers so that judgment summons can be issued against defaulting maintenance payers. However, it is not yet so certain whether it is so efficient to report the matter to the police.