WQR v WQS
Key facts
| Court | High Court (Family Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Andrew Ang |
| Charges / claim | Family Law |
| Counsel | WMH Law Corporation, Gursharn Singh Gill s/o Amar Singh, Lee Kok Weng Mark, Sarah Yeo Qi Wei, Tan Shi Yuin Teri |
Source: [2023] SGHCF 41, High Court (Family Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
WQR v WQS [2023] SGHCF 41 is a reserved judgment of Andrew Ang SJ in the Family Division of the High Court, delivered on 29 September 2023 in Divorce Transferred No 4654/2021. The parties had agreed in principle that each should be allowed to retain their own assets, but disputed what truly ought to be considered as belonging to either of them, leaving the court to weigh each party's account of the disputed assets to arrive at a just and equitable division of matrimonial assets. The wife is a long-serving bank employee drawing a gross monthly income of approximately $30,000 plus shares and dividends, while the husband, who had run a software development business he founded, retired around March 2020.
Summary
This case concerned the division of disputed matrimonial assets between a wife, a long-serving bank employee, and a husband, a retiree who had run a software development business, who married in 1993. Applying a set-off of the sums each was entitled to, the court ordered the husband to pay the wife S$473,946.64, to transfer certain shares and a condominium to her, and to divest his interest in the matrimonial home so it would be held solely by the wife. The husband was also ordered to pay monthly maintenance of S$4,033.76 for their youngest daughter until September 2025, with no order as to costs.
What was WQR v WQS [2023] SGHCF 41 about?
It was a reserved judgment of Andrew Ang SJ in the Family Division, delivered on 29 September 2023, on the division of matrimonial assets where the parties agreed to retain their own assets but disputed what belonged to each of them.
What issue did the court address in [2023] SGHCF 41?
With the parties agreeing in principle to retain their own assets, the court had to weigh each party's account of the disputed assets to determine what truly belonged to either of them and reach a just and equitable division, per Andrew Ang SJ.
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Judgment
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHCF 41)