VRJ v VRK

[2024] SGHCF 29 High Court (Family Division) 13 August 2024 • HCF/DT 348/2020 • 24 min read

6 cases cited Cited by 6 cases

Catchwords

Family Law — Maintenance Family Law — Custody — Joint orders Family Law — Matrimonial assets — Division

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Choo Han Teck Delivered

Counsel (4)

Jose Charles & Co. Firm Ray Louis Law Corporation Firm Jayamani Jose Charles Counsel Defendant Raphael Louis Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

VRJ Plaintiff VRK Defendant

Case Significance

VRJ v VRK [2024] SGHCF 29 was a divorce ancillary matters judgment of the General Division of the High Court (Family Division), delivered by Choo Han Teck J on 13 August 2024 following hearings on 16 and 31 July and 2 August 2024. The dispute, in Divorce (Transferred) No 348 of 2020, addressed the division of matrimonial assets, maintenance, and joint custody orders between the parties. The wife (VRJ), aged 47, was a banker who had earned a monthly salary of S$12,000 but had been unemployed since June 2019 and obtained a Master of Science in Data Science in March 2023. The husband (VRK), aged 54, was a Desk Head and Vice President of a team of Relationship Managers at a bank, drawing a monthly salary of S$19,736 inclusive of bonuses.

The parties married on 15 September 2007 and had a son and daughter aged 16 and 12 respectively. They agreed the date of separation was 5 September 2019, which was also adopted as the date for ascertaining the pool of matrimonial assets, while most assets were to be valued as at the ancillary matters hearing date of 16 July 2024, with CPF and most bank accounts valued at the date of separation. The wife commenced divorce proceedings on 22 January 2020 and interim judgment was granted on 11 May 2022. The wife was represented by Raphael Louis of Ray Louis Law Corporation and the husband by Jayamani Jose Charles of Jose Charles & Co.

[2024] SGHCF 29 explained

VRJ v VRK ([2024] SGHCF 29) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Family Division) on 13 August 2024. It is categorised under Family Law. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 6 other reported Singapore judgments, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2024] SGHCF 29 about?

VRJ v VRK ([2024] SGHCF 29) is a High Court (Family Division) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Family Law — Maintenance”, “Family Law — Custody — Joint orders”, and “Family Law — Matrimonial assets — Division”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2024] SGHCF 29 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHCF 27 and [2024] SGHCF 4. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2024] SGHCF 29?

Within this corpus, [2024] SGHCF 29 has been cited by 6 later reported Singapore judgments. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

Summary

This was a transferred divorce concerning ancillary matters between a wife (aged 47, a former banker, unemployed since June 2019) and a husband (aged 54, a bank desk head), who married in 2007 and had two children, covering the division of matrimonial assets, maintenance, and custody. Choo Han Teck J ordered the parties to sell residential apartments in Australia with 60 percent of their value going to the wife and 40 percent to the husband, and, after adjustments for a lump sum the husband was to pay, fixed the wife's entitlement to the remaining matrimonial assets at S$2,492,969.90 and the husband's at S$1,036,741.77. The court also ordered the husband to continue paying S$4,884 monthly for the children's expenses (until each child turns 21) and S$378 for the helper's salary and levy, directed trust accounts be set up for each child, and ordered the parties to bear their own costs.

What was decided in VRJ v VRK [2024] SGHCF 29?

VRJ v VRK [2024] SGHCF 29 was a Family Division judgment by Choo Han Teck J on 13 August 2024 addressing division of matrimonial assets, maintenance, and joint custody orders in a divorce between a 47-year-old former banker wife and a 54-year-old bank vice president husband.

What were the financial circumstances of the parties in VRJ v VRK?

In VRJ v VRK [2024] SGHCF 29, the wife had earned S$12,000 monthly as a banker but was unemployed since June 2019, while the husband earned S$19,736 monthly inclusive of bonuses as a Desk Head and Vice President of relationship managers at a bank.