WUK v WUL

[2024] SGFC 12 Family Court 15 February 2024 FC/D 3942/2022 · HCF/DCA 113/2023 44 min read

9 cases cited (6 SG, 3 foreign)

Key facts

Court	Family Court
Decided	15 February 2024
Judge	Cheryl Koh
Charges / claim	Family Law
Counsel	Sterling Law Corporation, Yeo & Associates, Cha Yong Sing Ignatious, Koh Zhen Yang, Tan Siew Khim, Yeo Qi Yan Pearlyn

Source: [2024] SGFC 12, Family Court, decided 15 February 2024 — eLitigation. Updated 3 July 2026.

Catchwords

Family Law — Contested Divorce - Adultery - Unreasonable behaviour - Section 95(3)(a) & (b) of the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353)

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Cheryl Koh Delivered

Counsel (6)

Sterling Law Corporation Firm Yeo & Associates Firm Cha Yong Sing Ignatious Counsel Defendant Koh Zhen Yang Counsel Plaintiff Tan Siew Khim Counsel Plaintiff Yeo Qi Yan Pearlyn Counsel Defendant

Parties (3)

WUK Plaintiff WUL Defendant WUM Defendant

Case Significance

WUK v WUL and WUM [2024] SGFC 12 was a contested divorce decided in the Family Justice Courts (Divorce Suit No 3942 of 2022) by District Judge Cheryl Koh, with grounds of decision dated 15 February 2024 following hearings on 19 July, 5 and 6 September and 9 November 2023. The plaintiff wife sought dissolution of the marriage on the basis of the defendant husband's adultery and unreasonable behaviour, while the husband counterclaimed on the basis of the wife's unreasonable behaviour, relying on section 95(3)(a) and (b) of the Women's Charter (Cap 353). On 9 November 2023 the District Judge dissolved the marriage based on the wife's claim of the husband's adultery, dismissed the husband's counterclaim of the wife's unreasonable behaviour, and made no orders on the wife's claim of the husband's unreasonable behaviour. The husband appealed on 15 November 2023.

[2024] SGFC 12 explained

WUK v WUL ([2024] SGFC 12) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Family Court on 15 February 2024. 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 [2024] SGFC 12 about?

WUK v WUL ([2024] SGFC 12) is a Family Court decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Family Law — Contested Divorce - Adultery - Unreasonable behaviour - Section 95(3)(a) & (b) of the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353)”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Summary

In contested divorce proceedings between a wife and husband married for about 21 years, the wife sought dissolution on the basis of the husband's adultery with a co-defendant and/or his unreasonable behaviour, while the husband counterclaimed on the basis of the wife's unreasonable behaviour. It was not disputed that the husband had emotionally withdrawn from the marriage, used a dating app, begun dating the co-defendant and initiated separation. The District Judge dissolved the marriage based on the wife's claim of the husband's adultery, dismissed the husband's counterclaim, and made no orders on the wife's claim of the husband's unreasonable behaviour.

On what ground was the marriage dissolved in WUK v WUL [2024] SGFC 12?

In WUK v WUL and WUM [2024] SGFC 12, District Judge Cheryl Koh dissolved the marriage on 9 November 2023 based on the wife's claim of the husband's adultery, while dismissing the husband's counterclaim that the wife had behaved unreasonably under the Women's Charter.