ZO v ZP

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date25 May 2011
Date25 May 2011
Docket NumberCivil Appeals Nos 94 and 96
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
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65 cases
  • WKM v WKN
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 7 Febrero 2024
    ...or not to employ this process is a matter for the court to decide in the exercise of its discretion. In ZO v ZP and another appeal [2011] 3 SLR 647 (“ZO”), this court acknowledged that judicial interviews were an important avenue for the views of children to be taken into account (at [15]):......
  • Goh Keng Boey v Ong Jim Hwee
    • Singapore
    • Family Court (Singapore)
    • 28 Mayo 2015
    ...the temptation to lapse into a minute scrutiny of the conduct and efforts of both spouses” (NK v NL [2007] 3 SLR (R) 743). In ZO v ZP [2011] 3 SLR 647, the Court of Appeal further emphasized that direct and indirect contributions are to be given due weight and no single factor is determinat......
  • VWM v VWN
    • Singapore
    • Family Court (Singapore)
    • 15 Octubre 2021
    ...or circumstances necessitating a sole custody order (see CX v CY [2005] 3 SLR(R) 690 (“CX”) at [36] to [38]; ZO v ZP and another appeal [2011] 3 SLR 647 at paragraph 2 of the headnote). As to what would constitute such exceptional circumstances, this is a fairly high threshold which would i......
  • VYG v VYH
    • Singapore
    • Family Court (Singapore)
    • 3 Diciembre 2021
    ...The age at which the child’s views should be considered is not fixed. In the Court of Appeal decision in ZO v ZP and another appeal [2011] 3 SLR 647, Andrew Phang JA considered that the views of the children aged 16, 13 and nine years of age could be taken into consideration on the issue of......
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6 books & journal articles
  • CUSTODY ISSUES – DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN CIVIL AND SYARIAH COURTS IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2018, December 2018
    • 1 Diciembre 2018
    ...they shared with multiple agencies through data analytics and insights, their programmes and processes. 129 Cap 353, 2009 Rev Ed; ZO v ZP[2011] 3 SLR 647. 130[2016] SGHCF 1. 131 See paras 42–46 above. 132(2009) 3 SSAR 174. 133 David Hodson, “When Religion Meets Family Law: Aspect of the Eng......
  • Family Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 Diciembre 2015
    ...This case is yet another development in the new family justice landscape mentioned above and a natural extension of cases such as ZO v ZP[2011] 3 SLR 647 (which held (at [15]) that in applications to vary custody orders, the views of the children should be taken into account by way of judic......
  • Family Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2014, December 2014
    • 1 Diciembre 2014
    ...to the children's upbringing. Nor was an order for sole custody, as the Court of Appeal had confirmed in recent cases such as ZO v ZP[2011]3 SLR 647 that the threshold established in CX v CY is indeed a highone. In the circumstances, conditional joint custody was perhaps the most logical op......
  • Family Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2011, December 2011
    • 1 Diciembre 2011
    ...Custody of children 15.7 Six years after the landmark decision in CX v CY[2005] 3 SLR(R) 690 (CX v CY), the Court of Appeal in ZO v ZP[2011] 3 SLR 647 (ZO (CA)) stressed the importance of the principles enunciated therein. The High Court decision of ZP v ZO[2010] SGHC 364 was criticised in ......
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