Category: Family & Matrimonial
Financial Manipulations In Matrimonial Cases – A Lawyer’s Perspective By Susan Tay
Financial Manipulations In Matrimonial Cases – A Lawyer’s Perspective By Susan Tay This was a presentation made by Ms Susan Tay at the ‘Seminar on Financial Manipulation in Matrimonial Cases” organised jointly by PracticeForte Pte Ltd and The Law Society of Singapore and held on 27 April 2017. Introduction: Thank you Hello everyone, my name…
The Split after the Split – Part II
Explaining Fair and Equitable Division of Matrimonial Assets-Global Assessment Method for Long, Single-Income Marriage Just when we thought the law is fairly settled after ANJ v ANK [2015] SGCA 34, our apex court concludes in a recent case of TNL v TNK [2017] SGCA 15 that the approach in ANJ will not work for a…
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The Split after the Split – Part I
The Split after the Split Part 1 – Explaining Fair and Equitable Division of Matrimonial Assets – Global Assessment Method for Dual Income Family This is the first of 2 articles to help explain how our courts distribute matrimonial assets fairly and equitably after a marriage ends. Part 1 focuses on dual income families where…
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The Voices of Wan and her wife, Elodie
The Voices of Wan and her wife, Elodie Wan Cheng (“Wan”) and Elodie are a bi-national couple who had met through their love of sports. Elodie who’s French, worked in Indonesia for 3 years before a new work assignment brought her back to Paris. Although it was already possible for same-sex couples to be “PAC-sed”…
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Is a Deed of Separation Always Foolproof and Ironclad?
Will a Deed of Separation, usually signed some years ago, be binding when parties finally start their divorce? Those are questions few ask because they just assume the answer to be “Of course!” It is not. Divorces can be messy and the couple in a recent Court of Appeal (“CA”) case of AUA v ATZ…
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Singapore’s Apex Court Gave Husband 85% interest in $20m Bungalow held in Wife’s Name
In a tussle between 2 octogenerian husband and wife, Singapore’s Court of Appeal ruled that the husband is entitled to a 85% interest in their matrimonial home. The house at Chancery Lane is estimated to be worth S$20 million and is registered in the name of the wife. Notwithstanding this, Singapore’s Apex Court ruled that…
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Common Misunderstandings Concerning Divorce (Or The Grounds For divorce):
From my work at legal clinics, I am often asked about the ‘strongest’ ground for a divorce by unhappy wives. When I tell them there is only one ground for a divorce in Singapore, they are surprised. I hope that this article will clear common misunderstandings about divorce laws in Singapore.
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MacDivorce 2011: An Update
I wrote a MacDivorce article in April 2008 where I explained the term as something I coined to describe what I regarded as a fuss-free way to divorce. This article is an updated version as there are new rules put in place to make the process even easier now.
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Divorce Proceedings: CPF and HDB Standard Queries, What Are They?
If you intend to commence divorce proceedings and you have a HDB flat as a matrimonial asset, you are required to send these standard queries to the HDB. The replies to these queries form part of the Proposed/Agreed Matrimonial Property Plan which you will have to file as part of your divorce papers. Without the…
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What’s in a Name Change?
About 3 years back, I wrote an article on another blog about picking names for my then-unborn child. While that endeavour was already quite stressful, I realise it does get rather more complicated when you already have a name to begin with and need it changed. If you’re thinking of changing your name, there are…
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Alimony and the Attractive Ex-Wife
(…) That a divorcee’s beauty should be taken into consideration for her own future prospects of re-settling down with another – and consequently as grounds for deciding how much money she should be getting from her previous partner as a result – is not without merit. The moral implications of such evaluation, however, verily speaks…
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MacDivorce-A Quick, Easy, Low-Cost & Possibly Painless (?) Divorce In Singapore
“MacDivorce” is a term I coined to describe what I regard as the “best” way to divorce (if there is such a thing as a “best” way for such a traumatic and stressful experience). It is the best because as the title suggests, it is fuss free, quick and thus low cost, kind of like…
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