YCS v YCT

[2026] SGHCF 15 High Court (Family Division) 20 May 2026 • HCF/DT 3008/2023 • 69 min read
21 cases cited

Catchwords

Family Law — Custody — Access Family Law — Maintenance — Wife Family Law — Maintenance — Child Family Law — Custody — Care and control Family Law — Matrimonial assets — Division

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Dedar Singh Gill Delivered

Counsel (5)

Constellation Law Chambers LLC Firm T L Yap Law Chambers LLC Firm Looi Min Yi Stephanie Counsel Plaintiff Russell Huang Liang Jun Counsel Defendant Yap Teong Liang Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

YCS Plaintiff YCT Defendant

Case Significance

In YCS v YCT [2026] SGHCF 15, Justice Dedar Singh Gill of the High Court Family Division resolved ancillary matters following the divorce of parties married on 26 April 2008, with interim judgment granted on 2 January 2024. The case covered five contested heads — custody, care and control, and access to three children (aged 16, 14, and 9), child maintenance, wife's maintenance, and division of matrimonial assets — with the Wife (aged 44, business support manager) represented by Constellation Law Chambers LLC and the Husband (aged 45, business development director) by T L Yap Law Chambers LLC.

Summary

A wife and husband who had been married for approximately 15 years and 8 months applied for determination of ancillary matters following a divorce based on mutual unreasonable conduct, with three children aged 9 to 16 at stake, including contested custody, care and control, a family trust established by the husband, and allegations of non-disclosure. The High Court (Family Division) resolved all outstanding ancillary matters including the division of assets and maintenance, and awarded costs of S$5,000 to the wife on account of the husband's belated disclosure of documents and explanations.

What did the High Court Family Division decide in YCS v YCT [2026] SGHCF 15?

Justice Dedar Singh Gill determined all ancillary matters in a divorce proceedings commenced on 23 June 2023, including custody of and access to three children, child and wife maintenance, and matrimonial asset division between a business support manager wife and a business development director husband.

Cases Cited (21)

SG (11)
[2010] SGDC 32 [2011] SGHC 138 [2015] SGHC 17 [2016] SGHC 44 [2017] SGHCF 21 [2023] SGHC(A) 28 [2023] SGHCF 14 [2023] SGHCF 16 [2023] SGHCF 3 [2024] SGHC(A) 35 [2024] SGHCF 29
SLR (10)
[2005] 3 SLR(R) 690 [2006] 1 SLR(R) 135 [2007] 3 SLR(R) 233 [2015] 3 SLR 973 [2015] 4 SLR 1043 [2017] 1 SLR 609 [2017] 4 SLR 921 [2019] 1 SLR 608 [2021] 1 SLR 426 [2023] 1 SLR 1524

Judgment

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Read on eLitigation

Source: eLitigation ([2026] SGHCF 15)