VYT v VYU
Jurisdiction | Singapore |
Judge | Jason Gabriel Chiang |
Judgment Date | 22 December 2021 |
Neutral Citation | [2021] SGFC 129 |
Court | Family Court (Singapore) |
Docket Number | FC/D 308 of 2020, FC/SUM 1920/2021, FC/SUM 2246/2021, FC/SUM 3028/2021 |
Published date | 21 January 2022 |
Year | 2021 |
Hearing Date | 01 September 2021,06 July 2021,13 September 2021,31 August 2021,22 June 2021,28 July 2021,02 August 2021 |
Plaintiff Counsel | Ms Shannon Chua Jieying and Ms Tan Yan Ru of Kalco Law LLC |
Defendant Counsel | Ms Andrew John Hanam of Yeo & Andrew LLC |
Citation | [2021] SGFC 129 |
This main ancillary matters for this case presented a number of novel issues, among other things, relating to foreign properties in the division of matrimonial assets for a long single-income marriage, spousal maintenance and the maintenance of children undergoing tertiary studies.
Separately, 3 other applications were also dealt with together with the hearing of the ancillary matters (collectively referred to as the “
Parties had 3 Children of the marriage but had also jointly raised the Wife’s daughter from a previous relationship when the daughter was 5 years old. The 4 Children were:
SUM 2246 was allowed at the 1
At the 2
After reviewing further submissions and hearing further arguments, at the hearing on 13 September 2021, I rendered my decision for the further orders of the Ancillary Matters in the Order of Court, FC/ORC 4919/2021 (“
The Husband being dissatisfied with my decision filed an appeal, HCF/DCA 121/2021 on 22 September 2021 against my orders made in ORC 4919, in relation to the following:
Even though the appeal is limited in scope, my full grounds of decision is set out below. In this decision, I have, however, focused on the outstanding issues being raised in appeal.
Facts The partiesThe Husband and the Wife are both non-Singaporeans and are, in fact, Citizens of the United States. The Husband, now aged 48 years old, and the Wife, now aged 47 years old, married on 25 June 2000 in Texas, United States and subsequently registered their marriage on 16 July 2000. Even though they have resided in Singapore for an aggregate of about 18 years, the Husband appears to have remained on an Employment Pass and the Wife was on a Dependent’s Pass based on his employment throughout this time. They did not take up Singapore Permanent Residency.
The Husband was a university graduate, whereas the Wife had received her...
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