YBQ v YBR

[2026] SGFC 53 Family Court 21 April 2026 • FC/D 4777/2023 • 45 min read
15 cases cited

Catchwords

Sole Custody Physical Abuse Ancillary Matters Adverse Inference Spousal Maintenance Single Income Marriage Maintenance for Children

Practice Areas

Sole Custody Physical Abuse Ancillary Matters Adverse Inference Spousal Maintenance Single Income Marriage Maintenance for Children

Judges (1)

Tan Shin Yi Delivered

Counsel (6)

M/S DCMO Law Practice LLC Firm M/S I.R.B Law LLP Firm Chai Li Li Dorothy Counsel Plaintiff Lai Mun Loon Counsel Plaintiff Mohamed Fazal Bin Abdul Hamid Counsel Defendant Muhammad Aadil Bin Dafir Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

YBQ Plaintiff YBR Defendant

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.

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?

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.

Cases Cited (15)

SG (4)
[2016] SGCA 13 [2018] SGCA 78 [2019] SGHCF 4 [2025] SGHC(A) 2
SLR (11)
[2005] 3 SLR(R) 690 [2011] 3 SLR 647 [2012] 2 SLR 506 [2015] 2 SLR 195 [2015] 4 SLR 1043 [2016] 4 SLR 145 [2017] 1 SLR 609 [2017] 4 SLR 921 [2021] 1 SLR 426 [2021] 2 SLR 976 [2024] 1 SLR 459

Judgment

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Source: eLitigation ([2026] SGFC 53)