WVS v WVT

[2024] SGHCF 17 High Court (Family Division) 19 March 2024 • HCF/DT 4968/2019 • 20 min read

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Key facts

Court	High Court (Family Division)
Decided	19 March 2024
Judge	Choo Han Teck
Charges / claim	Family Law
Counsel	Aspect Law Chambers LLC, Engelin Teh Practice LLC, Linda Joelle Ong, Satviender Kaur Nijer, Yu Gen Xian Ryan

Source: [2024] SGHCF 17, High Court (Family Division), decided 19 March 2024 — eLitigation. Updated 25 June 2026.

Catchwords

Family Law — Maintenance — Child Family Law — Custody — Care and Control Family Law — Matrimonial assets — Division

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Choo Han Teck Delivered

Counsel (5)

Aspect Law Chambers LLC Firm Engelin Teh Practice LLC Firm Linda Joelle Ong Counsel Plaintiff Satviender Kaur Nijer Counsel Plaintiff Yu Gen Xian Ryan Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

WVS Plaintiff WVT Defendant

Case Significance

WVS v WVT [2024] SGHCF 17 was decided in the Family Justice Courts of Singapore (General Division of the High Court, Family Division) by Choo Han Teck J on 19 March 2024, with judgment reserved after a hearing on 23 January 2024. In Divorce Transferred No 4968 of 2019, the plaintiff wife and defendant husband had married on 2 May 2001, with interim judgment granted on 23 December 2019, and had three children aged 15, 13 and 11. The plaintiff wife owned diverse businesses and the defendant husband owned a minimart. The matters before the court were the division of matrimonial assets, care and control of the children, and children maintenance. The judgment set out the valuation of undisputed matrimonial assets, including a Teck Whye property valued at $1,349,190.49 and an Owen Road property valued at $866,241.85.

Summary

In this transferred divorce in the General Division of the High Court (Family Division), a wife who owns diverse businesses and a husband who owns a minimart were before the court for the division of matrimonial assets, care and control of their three children, and child maintenance. The court valued the disputed and undisputed matrimonial assets and set out access arrangements for the children, including school-holiday and Chinese New Year access. The court assessed each child's reasonable monthly expenses at about $1,500 to be shared 55:45 between the wife and husband, ordered the wife to pay $100,000 as a lump sum for maintenance arrears, and ordered each party to bear its own costs.

What did WVS v WVT [2024] SGHCF 17 decide?

Choo Han Teck J addressed three matters between the plaintiff wife and defendant husband: the division of matrimonial assets, care and control of their three children aged 15, 13 and 11, and children maintenance. The judgment valued undisputed assets including a Teck Whye property at $1,349,190.49.

What were the key facts in WVS v WVT [2024] SGHCF 17?

The parties married on 2 May 2001, with interim judgment granted on 23 December 2019, and had three children aged 15, 13 and 11. The plaintiff wife owned diverse businesses while the defendant husband owned a minimart. The matter was Divorce Transferred No 4968 of 2019.