YCN and YCP v YCO
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Case Significance
YCN and YCP v YCO [2026] SGFC 63, decided on 4 May 2026 by Magistrate Soh Kian Peng in the Family Court, concerned two consolidated personal protection order (PPO) applications (SS 748 and SS 751 of 2024) arising from an incident on 17 April 2024 at Changi General Hospital, where the parties' elderly mother had been hospitalised in the intensive care unit following a heart attack and was scheduled for a heart operation that day. The case turned on whether family violence within the meaning of s 64 of the Women's Charter 1961 had been committed or was likely to be committed, and whether PPOs were necessary for the applicants' protection. Tan Yew Fai of Y F Tab & Co acted for the respondent YCO.
Summary
Two applicants — a sister-in-law and a sister — sought personal protection orders against a third woman arising out of an alleged slapping incident on 17 April 2024 at Changi General Hospital, where all parties had gathered as their elderly mother underwent heart surgery. After a multi-day trial, the court dismissed both applications, finding the applicants failed to prove on a balance of probabilities that family violence had been committed or was likely to be committed, and ordered the applicants to pay costs of $16,000 and $22,000 respectively to the respondent.
What triggered the personal protection order applications in YCN and YCP v YCO [2026] SGFC 63?
The PPO applications arose from an incident on 17 April 2024 at Changi General Hospital, where the parties were gathered because their elderly mother was in the ICU following a heart attack and was scheduled for heart surgery that day. Magistrate Soh Kian Peng decided the consolidated applications on 4 May 2026.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2026] SGFC 63)