XCQ v XCP

[2025] SGHCF 26 High Court (Family Division) 21 April 2025 • HCF/DCA 88/2024 ( HCF/SUM 10/2025 ) • 12 min read
4 cases cited Cited by 2 cases

Catchwords

Family Law - Custody - Access Family Law - Custody - Care and control

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Choo Han Teck Delivered

Counsel (8)

CHP Law LLC Firm Drew & Napier LLC Firm Dilys H Chua Counsel Respondent Goh Wei Sien Alex Counsel Appellant Hoon Shu Mei Sumathi Counsel Appellant Huang Junli Christopher Counsel Respondent Kannan Nadarajan Counsel Respondent Wang Shang Yew Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

XCP Respondent XCQ Appellant

Case Significance

[2025] SGHCF 26 is a High Court (Family Division) decision dated 21 April 2025 concerning Family Law, specifically addressing custody. The judgment was delivered by Choo Han Teck. The case was brought by XCQ (appellant) against XCP (respondent). Legal representation was provided by Drew & Napier LLC and CHP Law LLC. The judgment cites 4 cases. This decision has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment in the dataset.

[2025] SGHCF 26 explained

XCQ v XCP ([2025] SGHCF 26) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Family Division) on 21 April 2025. It is categorised under Family Law. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 2 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 [2025] SGHCF 26 about?

XCQ v XCP ([2025] SGHCF 26) is a High Court (Family Division) decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Family Law - Custody - Access” and “Family Law - Custody - Care and control”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

How influential is [2025] SGHCF 26?

Within this corpus, [2025] SGHCF 26 has been cited by 2 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

A father appealed against orders granting the mother sole care and control of their 5-year-old child, with conditions requiring him to take breath analyser tests before access due to alleged alcohol issues. The court allowed the appeal in part, increasing the father's access to include Thursday overnight access and revoking the alcohol-testing conditions for lack of sufficient evidence.

What was decided in [2025] SGHCF 26?

[2025] SGHCF 26 (XCQ v XCP) is a High Court (Family Division) decision from 21 April 2025 addressing Family Law, specifically custody. The judgment was delivered by Choo Han Teck.

Who were the parties in XCQ v XCP?

The appellant in [2025] SGHCF 26 was XCQ, and the respondent was XCP. Legal representation included Drew & Napier LLC and CHP Law LLC. The case was decided on 21 April 2025 in the High Court (Family Division).

Which judge decided [2025] SGHCF 26?

[2025] SGHCF 26 was delivered by Choo Han Teck in the High Court (Family Division) on 21 April 2025. The case concerned Family Law.

What cases and statutes does [2025] SGHCF 26 cite?

[2025] SGHCF 26 cites 4 prior decisions. The decision has itself been cited by 1 subsequent judgment.

Cases Cited (4)

SG (2)
[2014] SGHC 95 [2018] SGFC 92
SLR (2)
[1991] 1 SLR(R) 680 [2012] 1 SLR 840

Cited By (2)

[2026] SGFC 37
YAG v YAH
[2025] SGFC 140
XWP v XWQ

Referenced in

Legal concepts & references

Family Law — Custody

Judgment

Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.

Read on eLitigation

Source: eLitigation ([2025] SGHCF 26)