WPN v WPO
Key facts
| Court | High Court (Family Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Kwek Mean Luck |
| Charges / claim | Family Law |
| Counsel | Harry Elias Partnership LLP, Josephine Chong LLC, Chew Wei En, Chong Siew Nyuk Josephine, Gill Carrie Kaur, Kym Calista Anstey |
Source: [2023] SGHCF 38, High Court (Family Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
WPN v WPO [2023] SGHCF 38 is a grounds of decision of Kwek Mean Luck J in the Family Division of the High Court, delivered on 31 August 2023 in Divorce (Transferred) No 6040 of 2017. The proceedings concerned the ancillary matters between the plaintiff Wife, a housewife for most of the marriage, and the defendant Husband, the CEO of a Singapore-incorporated fintech startup, who married on 1 August 1988 and had been married for over 30 years by the interim judgment date of 28 January 2019. The court valued the pool of matrimonial assets at $31,259,918.62, awarded the Wife 50% of that pool, and ordered the transfer of the Coronation Road property and shares in [B] Pte Ltd to her, with the catchwords addressing division of matrimonial assets and wife maintenance.
Summary
This case concerned the ancillary matters in the divorce of a wife (a homemaker for most of the marriage) and a husband (a fintech company CEO), who married in 1988 and had been wed for over 30 years by the interim judgment date. The court valued the pool of matrimonial assets at $31,259,918.62, awarded the wife 50%, ordered the Coronation Road property transferred to her together with company shares, and directed the husband to pay monthly cash sums. Both parties appealed against parts of the decision, and each was ordered to bear its own costs.
What was WPN v WPO [2023] SGHCF 38 about?
It was an ancillary matters decision by Kwek Mean Luck J in the Family Division of the High Court, dividing the matrimonial assets of a couple married on 1 August 1988, with judgment delivered on 31 August 2023.
How were the matrimonial assets divided in [2023] SGHCF 38?
Kwek Mean Luck J valued the matrimonial asset pool at $31,259,918.62 and awarded the Wife 50%, ordering transfer of the Coronation Road property and shares in [B] Pte Ltd to her in partial satisfaction of her share.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHCF 38)