WQI v WQH
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WQI v WQH and another appeal [2024] SGHCF 5 was decided by Choo Han Teck J in the General Division of the High Court (Family Division), comprising District Court Appeals Nos 91 and 95 of 2023, with judgment reserved and delivered on 29 January 2024 after a hearing on 17 January 2024. The appellant Wife and respondent Husband were married on 16 March 2013 and divorced on 15 December 2020 when interim judgment was granted on an uncontested basis, with ancillary matters settled by a consent order at the same time. The appellant is 40 and the respondent is 42, and they have two daughters aged 9 and 8. The parties had agreed to joint custody with shared care and control, and the appellant applied in FC/SUM 2405/2023 to vary the consent order to obtain sole care and control or, alternatively, additional care time. The District Judge dismissed the application, and the present appeal arose from that decision.
Summary
A wife appealed against a District Judge's dismissal of her application to vary an existing consent order, which had provided for joint custody with shared care and control of the parties' two daughters, seeking instead sole care and control or additional care time, and also appealed against the costs order of $9,000 made against her. The High Court (Family Division), per Choo Han Teck J, agreed with the District Judge that the consent order had been made after mediation and carried out without difficulty, and that the children did not need to be interviewed. The court dismissed the appeal and declined to disturb the $9,000 costs order below, while exercising its discretion not to impose costs for the appeal.
What was WQI v WQH [2024] SGHCF 5 about?
Decided by Choo Han Teck J on 29 January 2024, the case was an appeal from a District Judge's dismissal of a mother's application in FC/SUM 2405/2023 to vary a consent order for joint custody and shared care and control of two daughters.
What care arrangement was in dispute in [2024] SGHCF 5?
The parties, married on 16 March 2013 and divorced on 15 December 2020, had a consent order for joint custody with shared care and control of their two daughters aged 9 and 8. The appellant sought to vary it for sole care and control or additional care time.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2024] SGHCF 5)