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Family Justice Courts Case Highlights

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WQP v WQQ [2024] SGHC(A) 34

The court’s power to divide assets is exercised over the material gains of the marital partnership.
calendarDate of Decision: 18 Nov 2024

WVS v WVT [2024] SGHC(A) 35

The structured approach in ANJ is a guide in achieving a just and equitable division of matrimonial assets; it was never intended to supplant the broad-brush approach in dividing matrimonial assets.
calendarDate of Decision: 29 Nov 2024

WXW v WXX [2024] SGHCF 24

The court will not adopt a mechanistic lens when assessing parties’ day-to-day contributions. Instead, the focus is on the primary roles played by each party.
calendarDate of Decision: 24 Jun 2024

WRX v WRY [2024] SGHC(A) 22

Sums that the court notionally restores to the pool of matrimonial assets as a consequence of giving effect to an adverse inference should not be credited as the direct contributions of the party against whom the adverse inference was made.
calendarDate of Decision: 29 Jul 2024

WUI v WUJ [2024] SGHCF 25

Labels are intended as nothing more than convenient heuristic tools to aid the court in ascribing appropriate weight to a party’s non-financial contributions to a marriage.
calendarDate of Decision: 10 Jul 2024

XBO v XBP [2024] SGHCF 36

Even if the testator suffers from a serious mental illness, such as dementia, at the material time of executing the will, the court is not precluded from finding that the testator had testamentary capacity.
calendarDate of Decision: 02 Oct 2024

XBF v XBE [2024] SGHCF 42

The issue of care and control should not be conflated with the issue of relocation, as the application was made under the GIA and not as part of the ancillary matters in a divorce.
calendarDate of Decision: 08 Nov 2024

XFF v XFG [2024] SGHCF 45

Although acrimony between parents is one factor that should be accounted for when considering a shared care and control arrangement, it does not automatically nullify such an option.
calendarDate of Decision: 13 Nov 2024

WYQ v Child Protector [2024] SGHCF 31

An affidavit sworn for the purpose of an application for care and protection orders may contain hearsay evidence.
calendarDate of Decision: 03 Sep 2024

WWI v WWJ [2024] SGHCF 28

A formal mental capacity assessment is significant, after a poor score in a Mini-Mental State Examination.
calendarDate of Decision: 06 Aug 2024

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