YBQ v YBR
Key facts
| Court | Family Court |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Tan Shin Yi |
| Charges / claim | Sole Custody, Physical Abuse, Ancillary Matters, Adverse Inference, Spousal Maintenance, Single Income Marriage, Maintenance for Children |
| Counsel | M/S DCMO Law Practice LLC, M/S I.R.B Law LLP, Chai Li Li Dorothy, Lai Mun Loon, Mohamed Fazal Bin Abdul Hamid, Muhammad Aadil Bin Dafir |
Source: [2026] SGFC 53, Family Court, decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
In YBQ v YBR [2026] SGFC 53, District Judge Tan Shin Yi of the Family Court resolved the ancillary matters arising from the marriage of two parties wed on 10 December 2006, who have three children — a son aged 16 and two daughters aged 14 and 12. The case is notable for its serious child protection dimension: Personal Protection Orders were granted by consent in August 2019 to protect all three children against the defendant father, and a Domestic Exclusion Order was later added in 2021 for the eldest child's bedroom, with the father ultimately moving out of the matrimonial home in March 2023. District Judge Tan Shin Yi's decision, delivered on 21 April 2026 following hearings on 20 August 2025, 7 October 2025, and 2 March 2026, addressed sole custody, adverse inference, spousal maintenance, and child maintenance in the context of a single-income marriage — with the mother represented by DCMO Law Practice LLC and the father by I.R.B Law LLP.
[2026] SGFC 53 explained
YBQ v YBR ([2026] SGFC 53) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Family Court on 21 April 2026. It is categorised under Sole Custody, Physical Abuse, Ancillary Matters, Adverse Inference, Spousal Maintenance, Single Income Marriage, and Maintenance for Children. 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 [2026] SGFC 53 about?
YBQ v YBR ([2026] SGFC 53) is a Family Court decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Sole Custody”, “Physical Abuse”, “Ancillary Matters”, and “Adverse Inference”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
What earlier Singapore cases does [2026] SGFC 53 cite?
Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2025] SGHC(A) 2. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.
Summary
A mother sought ancillary relief in divorce proceedings against a father who had been subject to consent Personal Protection Orders since 2019 for physical abuse of their three children, and against whom a Domestic Exclusion Order had also been granted. The contested issues included custody and access, the division of matrimonial assets in what was essentially a single-income marriage, adverse inferences for non-disclosure, and spousal and child maintenance. District Judge Tan Shin Yi awarded the Mother sole custody, care and control of all three children, suspended the Father's supervised access pending a psychological assessment of the children, and ordered each party to bear their own costs of the ancillary proceedings given delays caused by both sides.
What did the Family Court decide about custody and access in YBQ v YBR ([2026] SGFC 53)?
District Judge Tan Shin Yi addressed sole custody, child maintenance, and spousal maintenance in this single-income marriage case. The father had been subject to Personal Protection Orders since August 2019 and was limited to supervised fortnightly access under the DSSA programme pending the ancillary matters resolution.
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Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2026] SGFC 53)