VPO v VPN
Key facts
| Court | Family Court |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Goh Zhuo Neng |
| Charges / claim | s71 Women’s Charter, Enforcement of Maintenance Order |
Source: [2026] SGFC 29, Family Court, decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
In VPN v VPO [2026] SGFC 29, decided on 10 March 2026, District Judge Goh Zhuo Neng of the Family Court adjudicated an enforcement application under section 71 of the Women's Charter relating to a child maintenance consent order originally dated 6 March 2020. The order had been varied several times, most recently on 28 November 2025 in the related decision VPN v VPO [2026] SGFC 6. In earlier enforcement proceedings (MSS of 2022), arrears of $3,261.58 were assessed as of 8 June 2022. District Judge Goh varied the maintenance structure from a reimbursement basis to fixed monthly payments backdated to June 2022 — $350 per month from June 2022 to February 2026, rising to $575 per month from March 2026 — so that arrears could be calculated seamlessly from the prior enforcement order.
How did the Family Court calculate child maintenance arrears in VPN v VPO [2026] SGFC 29?
District Judge Goh Zhuo Neng converted a reimbursement-based maintenance order to fixed monthly sums — $350 per month backdated to June 2022 and $575 per month from March 2026 — allowing arrears to be calculated seamlessly from the last enforcement assessment of $3,261.58 made on 15 November 2022.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2026] SGFC 29)