WHEN A HOUSE IS NOT THE (MATRIMONIAL) HOME The Division of Multigenerational Matrimonial Homes in Singapore The ways in which families organise their lives are neither uniform nor universal. The recent decisions of TQU v TQT [2020] SGCA 8 and VOD v VOC [2022] SGHC(A) 6 have demonstrated the difficulty in understanding the place of a multigenerational matrimonial home — a single property that is a matrimonial home to two different family nuclei. In this article, using Singapore as a case study, the author argues that a single property can be the matrimonial home for two different families and that a party's part-interest in the multigenerational matrimonial home should be included in the pool of matrimonial assets for division. The author further advances a novel argument that the classification methodology can be applied by the courts to take into account the ownership and residence of the other family in the multigenerational matrimonial home as a “clear reason to make a different calculation” for the mult

• Publication year: 2023
• Author: Leon Vincent CHAN1 MPhil/PhD candidate (University College London), LLM (University of Toronto), LLB (Hons) (National University of Singapore); Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore); Research Associate, Centre for Asian Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore.