ZO v ZP

JurisdictionSingapore
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
Judgment Date25 May 2011
Docket NumberCivil Appeals Nos 94 and 96
Date25 May 2011

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  • Goh Keng Boey v Ong Jim Hwee
    • Singapore
    • Family Court (Singapore)
    • 28 May 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 October 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 December 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......
  • TFU v TFV
    • Singapore
    • District Court (Singapore)
    • 9 September 2014
    ...112(2) requires the Court to consider all the circumstances of the case and the factors listed therein. In ZO v ZP and another appeal [2011] SGCA 25, the Court of Appeal held that both direct and indirect contributions are to be given due weight and no single factor is determinative of the ......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Family Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 December 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 December 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 December 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 ......
  • Muslim Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2014, December 2014
    • 1 December 2014
    ...an aside, it ought to be noted that this is aligned to the position taken by the civil courts in Singapore: see in this regard ZO v ZP[2011] 3 SLR 647. As the Appeal Board observed (Abdul Bashir at [19]) (after stating its general agreement with the proportions of matrimonial assets ascribe......