VXM v VXN

[2023] SGHCF 39 High Court (Family Division) 15 September 2023 HCF/DT 3863/2020 38 min read

19 cases cited Cited by 2 cases

Key facts

Court	High Court (Family Division)
Decided	15 September 2023
Judge	Choo Han Teck
Charges / claim	Family Law
Counsel	Harry Elias Partnership LLP, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, Foo Siew Fong, Gill Carrie Kaur, Kee Lay Lian, Shawn Teo Kai Jie

Source: [2023] SGHCF 39, High Court (Family Division), decided 15 September 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Family Law — Matrimonial assets — Division — Indirect contributions ratio for working homemaker Wife Family Law — Maintenance — Child — $650,000 a year in travel expenses for Children is wholly excessive Family Law — Maintenance — Wife — No rental expenses for Wife who is already receiving substantial rental income from her own property

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Choo Han Teck Delivered

Counsel (6)

Harry Elias Partnership LLP Firm Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Firm Foo Siew Fong Counsel Defendant Gill Carrie Kaur Counsel Defendant Kee Lay Lian Counsel Plaintiff Shawn Teo Kai Jie Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

VXM Plaintiff VXN Defendant

Case Significance

VXM v VXN [2023] SGHCF 39 is a reserved judgment of Choo Han Teck J in the General Division of the High Court (Family Division), delivered on 15 September 2023 in Divorce Transferred No 3863 of 2020. The plaintiff Husband, a 45-year-old managing director and deputy chairman of a public listed automobile company ("T Ltd"), and the defendant Wife, a 39-year-old part-time finance manager for her family's investment business ("M Ltd"), married on 4 June 2011 and have two daughters; interim judgment was granted on 19 March 2021. With issues concerning the children already resolved, the remaining ancillary matters concerned the division of matrimonial assets and maintenance for the Wife and children, the catchwords noting the indirect contributions ratio for a working homemaker Wife and describing $650,000 a year in the children's travel expenses as wholly excessive.

[2023] SGHCF 39 explained

VXM v VXN ([2023] SGHCF 39) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Family Division) on 15 September 2023. It is categorised under Family Law. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 2 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 39 about?

VXM v VXN ([2023] SGHCF 39) is a High Court (Family Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Family Law — Matrimonial assets — Division — Indirect contributions ratio for working homemaker Wife”, “Family Law — Maintenance — Child — $650,000 a year in travel expenses for Children is wholly excessive”, and “Family Law — Maintenance — Wife — No rental expenses for Wife who is already receiving substantial rental income from her own property”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2023] SGHCF 39 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2023] SGHCF 26. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2023] SGHCF 39?

Within this corpus, [2023] SGHCF 39 has been cited by 2 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

This case involved the ancillary matters between a husband, a managing director of a listed automobile company, and a wife, a part-time finance manager, who married in 2011 and filed for divorce in 2020. The remaining issues were the division of matrimonial assets, valued around $5,575,351.59, and maintenance for the wife and two children. The court ordered the husband to make direct payment for agreed activities plus $10,000 a month for the children's maintenance, apportioned between the parents in an 80:20 ratio, with each party bearing its own costs.

What was VXM v VXN [2023] SGHCF 39 about?

It was an ancillary matters decision of Choo Han Teck J in the Family Division, delivered on 15 September 2023, dividing matrimonial assets and settling maintenance for the Wife and two children after the couple's 2011 marriage and 19 March 2021 interim judgment.

What maintenance issues arose in [2023] SGHCF 39?

The court addressed the indirect contributions ratio for a working homemaker Wife and maintenance for the Wife and children, with the catchwords describing $650,000 a year in the children's travel expenses as wholly excessive and noting the Wife's substantial rental income.

Cases Cited (19)

SG (8)

[1995] SGHC 23 [2008] SGHC 221 [2011] SGHC 138 [2016] SGCA 2 [2017] SGHCF 23 [2021] SGHCF 42 [2022] SGHC(A) 6 [2023] SGHCF 26

SLR (11)

[1996] 1 SLR(R) 633 [2007] 1 SLR(R) 75 [2010] 4 SLR 617 [2012] 2 SLR 859 [2013] 4 SLR 41 [2015] 2 SLR 195 [2016] 3 SLR 1137 [2016] 4 SLR 674 [2020] 2 SLR 588 [2021] 1 SLR 426 [2023] 1 SLR 1260