DBB v DBA
Key facts
| Court | High Court (Family Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Lai Siu Chiu |
| Charges / claim | Family Law |
| Counsel | Louis Lim & Partners, Yeo & Associates LLC, Ang Hui Tsun, Augustine Thung Hsing Hua |
Source: [2023] SGHCF 40, High Court (Family Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
DBB v DBA [2023] SGHCF 40 is a grounds of decision of Lai Siu Chiu SJ in the General Division of the High Court (Family Division), delivered on 18 September 2023 in Divorce (Transferred) No 386 of 2021. The court determined the ancillary matters arising after the interim judgment for divorce granted on 6 October 2021 between DBB ("the Husband") and DBA ("the Wife"), aged 57 and 55 respectively, who married on 26 September 1990 and have three children. The catchwords address the division of matrimonial assets and maintenance; among the orders made at the conclusion of the two-day ancillary matters hearing, the court directed that the matrimonial home be sold in the open market by 31 March 2024.
[2023] SGHCF 40 explained
DBB v DBA ([2023] SGHCF 40) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Family Division) on 18 September 2023. It is categorised under Family Law. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. 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 40 about?
DBB v DBA ([2023] SGHCF 40) is a High Court (Family Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Family Law — Maintenance” and “Family Law — Matrimonial assets”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Summary
This case dealt with the ancillary matters between a husband and wife, aged 57 and 55, who married in 1990 and had three children, following the grant of interim judgment. The court ordered the matrimonial home and four overseas properties in Japan, Australia and Birmingham to be sold and the proceeds divided 77.5% to the husband and 22.5% to the wife. The court declined to award any maintenance to the wife, noting she was still working while the husband had stopped working since 2016, and directed each party to bear its own costs.
What was DBB v DBA [2023] SGHCF 40 about?
It was an ancillary matters decision of Lai Siu Chiu SJ in the Family Division, delivered on 18 September 2023, dividing matrimonial assets and settling maintenance between DBB and DBA following their interim divorce judgment of 6 October 2021 after a 1990 marriage.
What order was made about the matrimonial home in [2023] SGHCF 40?
Among the orders following the two-day ancillary matters hearing, the court directed that the matrimonial home be sold in the open market by 31 March 2024, with sale proceeds subject to deductions for sales commission and incidental costs.
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Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHCF 40)