YCB v YCC
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Case Significance
District Judge Chia Wee Kiat of the Family Court decided this relocation and care-and-control dispute on 23 April 2026, following hearings on 21 August 2025, 2 September 2025, and 3 March 2026. The parties — both British citizens holding Employment Passes in Singapore — were the unmarried parents of a child (referred to as B), who was approximately 6 years old at the time. The mother (YCB) applied under FC/OAGV 1/2024 for leave to relocate with B to the United Kingdom, relying on clause 5 of a consent order dated 2 October 2023 (FC/OSG 128/2023) which provided that either party wishing to relocate to the UK would first discuss the matter with the other. The father (YCC) mounted a cross-application in FC/OAGV 1/2025 contesting care and control arrangements.
The case illustrates how Singapore's Family Court approaches child relocation applications involving non-citizen parents on work passes, and the weight given to prior consent orders when one parent seeks to leave the jurisdiction. Ahmad Nizam Bin Abbas and Amrun Hisyam bin Ahmad Nizam of Crescent Law Chambers LLC appeared for the applicant mother; Charis Sim Wei Li and Thian Wen Yi of Harry Elias Partnership LLP appeared for the respondent father.
Summary
A British mother sought to relocate from Singapore to the United Kingdom with her five-year-old child, relying on a clause in a 2023 consent order; the British father cross-applied to vary care and control and access. After considering a Custody Evaluation Report, the court found relocation to the UK was in the child's best interests given the mother's support network, familiar environment, and emotional stability, and allowed the mother's application while granting the father an expanded post-relocation access plan.
What were the relocation application facts in YCB v YCC [2026] SGFC 57?
YCB, a British citizen on an Employment Pass in Singapore, applied to relocate her approximately 6-year-old child to the United Kingdom under a consent order dated 2 October 2023. District Judge Chia Wee Kiat heard the matter across three dates in 2025–2026 and delivered judgment on 23 April 2026.
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Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2026] SGFC 57)