TTZ v TTY
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TTZ v TTY [2024] SGHCF 46 is a judgment of the General Division of the High Court (Family Division) by Teh Hwee Hwee J, heard on 18 September 2024 with judgment reserved and delivered on 29 November 2024. The Registrar's Appeal from the Family Justice Courts No 7 of 2024 concerned access to a teenage boy, born in 2010 and aged 14, whose relationship with his father had become estranged. The Father (TTZ) and the Mother (TTY) married in 2007, filed for divorce in 2011, and obtained interim judgment in 2012.
The Father appealed against the District Judge's decision in TTY v TTZ [2024] SGFC 57, which dismissed his application to lift the suspension of a committal order (FC/ORC 1295/2023) made against the Mother on 9 February 2023. That order arose from the Mother's failure to take reasonable steps to facilitate the Father's access to the child on 38 occasions between 2 October 2017 and 4 November 2021. The case turned on whether the parent with care and control had exercised all reasonable efforts to compel the child to comply with the access terms. The Father was represented by Patrick Fernandez of Fernandez LLC.
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A father appealed against a District Judge's decision dismissing his application to lift the suspension of a committal order made against the mother, who had care and control of their 14-year-old son, the central question being whether the mother had exercised all reasonable efforts to compel the estranged child to comply with the access terms. The High Court (Family Division), per Teh Hwee Hwee J, considered whether the District Judge had erred in finding no breach of the access orders and in refusing to lift the suspension. Finding that the father had not shown that the District Judge erred in concluding the mother was not in breach of the committal order, the court held there was no justification for lifting the suspension and dismissed the father's appeal.
What did the court decide in TTZ v TTY [2024] SGHCF 46?
In TTZ v TTY [2024] SGHCF 46, Teh Hwee Hwee J of the High Court (Family Division) heard the Father's appeal against the dismissal of his application to lift the suspension of a committal order made against the Mother for failing to facilitate access to their 14-year-old child.
What was the basis of the committal order in TTZ v TTY?
The committal order (FC/ORC 1295/2023) in TTZ v TTY [2024] SGHCF 46 was made against the Mother on 9 February 2023 for her failure to take reasonable steps to facilitate the Father's access to the child on 38 occasions between 2 October 2017 and 4 November 2021.
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