YCJ v YCK
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Case Significance
YCJ v YCK [2026] SGFC 62, decided on 30 April 2026 by Magistrate Soh Kian Peng in the Family Court (MSS 2073 of 2025), was the Mother's application for child maintenance for two children — an 11-year-old son and a 7-year-old daughter. The Mother initially sought $1,200 per month and later revised that to $1,400 per month at the hearing on 19 December 2025. The case required the court first to determine whether the Father had failed to provide reasonable maintenance under s 69(2) of the Women's Charter 1961, a threshold that the court found was not seriously in dispute given the Father's own evidence that he had not provided for the children for at least three years.
Summary
A mother applied under s 69 of the Women's Charter 1961 for monthly maintenance of $1,400 for her two children following the parties' divorce in Syariah Court. The court found the father had failed to provide reasonable maintenance, rejecting his explanation that he did not pay because the mother had withheld the children from him, and ordered him to pay $1,200 per month (comprising $600 each for the son and daughter) from 1 February 2026, with an additional one-time payment of $600 for school expenses.
What child maintenance amount did the Mother seek in YCJ v YCK [2026] SGFC 62?
The Mother initially sought $1,200 per month for two children — an 11-year-old son and a 7-year-old daughter — and later revised the claim to $1,400 per month at the hearing on 19 December 2025. Magistrate Soh Kian Peng decided the matter on 30 April 2026 under s 69(2) of the Women's Charter 1961.
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Judgment
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