WQY v WQZ
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In WQY v WQZ [2026] SGHCF 9, decided on 7 April 2026, Justice Kwek Mean Luck of the High Court (Family Division) heard a husband's appeal against a District Judge's ancillary-matters orders in FC/D 5152/2023. The parties, who married on 26 January 2013 and have two children aged eight and six, separated when the wife commenced divorce proceedings on 26 October 2023, with an Interim Judgment dissolving the 11-year marriage dated 6 March 2024. The District Judge had awarded the wife sole care and control of the children with access to the husband, and divided the matrimonial assets at 55.7% to the wife; the husband's appeal on both care-and-control and asset-division was before Justice Kwek Mean Luck on 25 February and 27 March 2026.
Summary
A husband appealed against a District Judge's orders granting sole care and control of two young children to the wife and dividing matrimonial assets in a ratio of 55.7% to the wife and 44.3% to the husband, following an approximately 11-year marriage. The husband challenged, among other things, findings about his ownership of a company (XXX Treasure Pte Ltd), the assessment of indirect contributions, and the handling of alleged non-disclosure by the wife. The High Court (Family Division) dismissed the appeal in its entirety.
What did the High Court decide in WQY v WQZ [2026] SGHCF 9 on care and control and division of matrimonial assets?
Justice Kwek Mean Luck heard the husband's appeal against District Court orders granting the wife sole care and control of their two children (aged 8 and 6) and dividing matrimonial assets 55.7% in the wife's favour, following the dissolution of the parties' 11-year marriage that began on 26 January 2013.
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Judgment
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2026] SGHCF 9)