WRX v WRY
Key facts
| Court | High Court (Family Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Choo Han Teck |
| Charges / claim | Family Law |
| Counsel | Dodwell & Co LLC, Engelin Teh Practice LLC, Alfred Dodwell, Chloe Chua Kay Ee, Linda Joelle Ong |
Source: [2023] SGHCF 50, High Court (Family Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
WRX v WRY [2023] SGHCF 50 is a Family Division of the High Court judgment delivered by Choo Han Teck J on 21 November 2023 in Divorce Transferred No 3747 of 2020. The ancillary matters concerned the care arrangements for two children, a ten-year-old son and a six-year-old daughter, the division of matrimonial assets, and maintenance for the Wife, in a marriage between a 44-year-old French husband and permanent resident who is a senior corporate executive and a 48-year-old Singaporean wife who worked as a business development manager. The parties married in France on 28 December 2002, moved to Singapore via Sweden, and the Husband commenced divorce on 31 August 2020 with interim judgment granted on 5 July 2021. The judgment holds that rental expenses should not be claimed when the wife has her own property, and cites 1 authority.
Summary
This involved the ancillary matters in a divorce between a French husband and a Singaporean wife, married in 2002, with two young children, disputing care and control, division of assets, and maintenance. The court addressed the competing claims for sole care and control and the wife's maintenance given her unemployment. It ordered the husband to pay 70% of the wife's expenses ($2,100 monthly) and 90% of the children's expenses ($5,400 monthly), limiting the wife's maintenance to one year or until she found suitable employment.
What did WRX v WRY [2023] SGHCF 50 decide?
Choo Han Teck J determined the children's care arrangements, division of matrimonial assets and wife maintenance in Divorce Transferred No 3747 of 2020, holding that rental expenses should not be claimed when the wife has her own property.
Who were the parties in WRX v WRY [2023] SGHCF 50?
The Husband was a 44-year-old French citizen and Singapore permanent resident working as a senior corporate executive; the Wife was a 48-year-old Singaporean business development manager. They married in France on 28 December 2002 and had two children.
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Judgment
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHCF 50)