WRZ v WSA

[2023] SGHCF 51 High Court (Family Division) 24 November 2023 HCF/DT 1331/2022

2 cases cited Cited by 3 cases

Key facts

Court	High Court (Family Division)
Decided	24 November 2023
Judge	Choo Han Teck
Charges / claim	Family Law
Counsel	Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Kalco Law LLC, Rina Kalpanath Singh, Suchitra Ragupathy

Source: [2023] SGHCF 51, High Court (Family Division), decided 24 November 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Family Law — Matrimonial assets — Division Family Law — Maintenance — Child — Earning capacity of both parties must be taken into account

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Choo Han Teck Delivered

Counsel (4)

Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP Firm Kalco Law LLC Firm

Rina Kalpanath Singh Counsel for the defendant

Suchitra Ragupathy Counsel for the plaintiff

Parties (2)

WRZ Plaintiff

WSA Defendant

Case Significance

WRZ v WSA [2023] SGHCF 51 is a Family Division of the High Court judgment delivered by Choo Han Teck J on 24 November 2023 in Divorce Transferred No 1331 of 2022. The ancillary matters concerned the division of matrimonial assets and maintenance for the two daughters, aged nine and six, of a couple both aged 46 who married on 29 November 2008; the Wife was a regional talent and workforce planning manager and the Husband a director of his own company, ECM Pte Ltd. The court fixed the interim judgment date of 19 October 2022 for identifying assets and the ancillary matters hearing date of 11 October 2023 for valuation, and held that the earning capacity of both parties must be taken into account. The judgment cites 2 Singapore authorities and has been cited 3 times.

Summary

This concerned the ancillary matters in a divorce between a wife and husband, both aged 46, married in 2008 with two daughters, covering division of matrimonial assets and the children's maintenance. The court assessed the husband's ability to contribute against his earning capacity, noting he was a former private banking director whose ventures had failed. It held the wife's claim of $1,000 per child ($2,000 monthly total) reasonable, backdated to the interim judgment date, and gave the wife sole conduct of the sale of the property BT.

What did WRZ v WSA [2023] SGHCF 51 decide?

Choo Han Teck J determined the division of matrimonial assets and child maintenance in Divorce Transferred No 1331 of 2022, using the 19 October 2022 interim judgment date to identify assets and the 11 October 2023 hearing date for valuation.

How did the court approach child maintenance in [2023] SGHCF 51?

The court held that the earning capacity of both parties must be taken into account when fixing maintenance for the couple's two daughters, aged nine and six, in the WRZ v WSA ancillary matters before Choo Han Teck J.