XEB v XEC
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XEB v XEC [2024] SGHCF 37 was a judgment of Choo Han Teck J in the General Division of the High Court (Family Division), delivered on 17 October 2024 in Divorce (Transferred) No 3527 of 2021. The plaintiff (the Husband), aged 55, was a Singapore citizen and managing director of various family businesses with a salary of at least $11,000; the defendant (the Wife), aged 53, was a homemaker, a Japanese citizen and Singapore Permanent Resident. The parties married on 24 January 1996, had lived in separate rooms of the matrimonial home since 2006, and had three children aged 27, 25 and 23. The Husband commenced divorce proceedings on 27 July 2021 and moved out on 2 October 2021, with interim judgment granted on 22 February 2022. The court used the interim judgment date of 22 February 2022 to determine which assets fell within the matrimonial asset pool, while valuing assets and liabilities as at the ancillary matters hearing on 27 September 2024, except for bank and Central Provident Fund (CPF) balances, which were valued as at the interim judgment date.
Summary
This was a transferred divorce concerning the division of matrimonial assets and wife maintenance between a husband (aged 55, a managing director of family businesses) and a wife (aged 53, a homemaker), who married in 1996 and had three children. Choo Han Teck J ordered that the matrimonial home be transferred to the wife, with the wife to pay the husband the difference between the home's full value and her entitlement from the asset pool, set off against a lump sum maintenance of S$528,000, resulting in the husband paying the wife S$48,061.36 within two months. The court directed that the remaining joint assets be transferred to the husband, that the parties each keep their respective sole assets, and ordered the parties to bear their own costs.
What did XEB v XEC [2024] SGHCF 37 concern?
It concerned the division of matrimonial assets and wife's maintenance in a transferred divorce, decided by Choo Han Teck J on 17 October 2024. The parties married on 24 January 1996 and had lived separate lives within the matrimonial home since 2006.
Which valuation dates did the court apply in XEB v XEC?
The court used the interim judgment date, 22 February 2022, to identify the matrimonial asset pool. Asset and liability values were taken as at the ancillary matters hearing on 27 September 2024, except for bank and CPF account balances, which were valued as at 22 February 2022.
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Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2024] SGHCF 37)