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'Kept man' must still pay ex-wife, judge rules
He claimed he lives off current partner, can't afford maintenance and could be dumped
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File photo showing the interior of the Family Court at 3, Havelock Square, on Dec 12, 2016.
PHOTO: ST FILE
A Family Court judge dismissed a kept man's bid to discontinue maintenance payouts to his ex-wife despite his claims that he had no income and lived off a wealthy long-term partner who will dump him on the streets if she tires of him some day.
The judge suggested that the man, who drives a Ferrari paid for by his partner, work to settle the maintenance due instead of "languishing comfortably" and working for free in the company his partner owns.
