WLL v WLM
Key facts
| Court | High Court (Family Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Choo Han Teck |
| Charges / claim | Family Law |
| Counsel | Bih Li & Lee LLP, Kalco Law LLC, Cheryl Tan Wee Tim, Julian Koh Zhen Yang, Tee Lee Lian, Trent Ng Yong En |
Source: [2023] SGHCF 19, High Court (Family Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
WLL v WLM [2023] SGHCF 19 was heard in the General Division of the High Court (Family Division) by Choo Han Teck J, with judgment reserved and delivered on 3 April 2023 in Divorce Transferred No 4401 of 2021. The Husband, a 58-year-old procurement manager, and the Wife, a 51-year-old hair stylist, registered their marriage in Korea on 9 September 1999 and have one daughter born on 2 January 2002. The Husband filed for divorce on 16 September 2021 and obtained interim judgment on 16 February 2022, leaving only ancillary matters — division of matrimonial assets and maintenance of the Wife. Parties agreed on most assets, disputing only the matrimonial home valuation, the Husband's POSB account, and the Wife's NTUC and Prudential insurance.
[2023] SGHCF 19 explained
WLL v WLM ([2023] SGHCF 19) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Family Division) on 3 April 2023. It is categorised under Family Law. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 3 other reported Singapore judgments, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2023] SGHCF 19 about?
WLL v WLM ([2023] SGHCF 19) is a High Court (Family Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Family Law — Maintenance — Wife” and “Family Law — Matrimonial assets — Division”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
How influential is [2023] SGHCF 19?
Within this corpus, [2023] SGHCF 19 has been cited by 3 later reported Singapore judgments. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.
Summary
In this divorce between a husband who works as a procurement manager and a wife who runs a hairdressing salon, married in Korea in 1999 with one adult daughter, the remaining ancillary issues were the division of matrimonial assets and maintenance for the wife. The court adopted a joint valuation of $3,520,000 for the matrimonial home and divided the $9,354,647.48 pool in an overall ratio of 67.7% to the husband and 32.3% to the wife. It made no order for the wife's maintenance, finding she was capable of maintaining herself.
What ancillary matters were decided in WLL v WLM [2023] SGHCF 19?
The remaining issues were the division of matrimonial assets and maintenance of the Wife, the parties having agreed on all matters concerning their daughter. The Husband filed for divorce on 16 September 2021 and obtained interim judgment on 16 February 2022.
Which assets were disputed in WLL v WLM ([2023] SGHCF 19)?
Parties agreed on most matrimonial assets but disputed the valuation of the jointly owned matrimonial home, the Husband's POSB account (adverse inference), and the classification of the Wife's NTUC and Prudential insurance. The couple married in Korea on 9 September 1999 and have one daughter.
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Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHCF 19)