Share this on WhatsApp What are valid reasons for divorce in Singapore? An interesting case was on reported the Straits Times in late October 2016. Madam Lay Fay Yuen had used the reason of separation for 4 years to file for divorce against her husband, Dr Teng Cheng Sin. Dr Teng appealed. The High Court said that Madam Lay should not be allowed to divorce Dr Teng using separation as a reason given that she had walked out of him. Instead, the High Court ruled that Dr Teng’s claim that his wife deserted him was correct. Rightfully, Justice Choo Han
Share this on WhatsApp New Life Stories is a charity which helps incarcerated mothers in prison stay connected to their children. Salma (not her real name) is one such beneficiary from the programme. Salma was imprisoned for approximately 5 years for drug trafficking in 2010. Her husband was also incarcerated. 2 relatives took care of Salma’s children who were aged between 20 months and 10 years old. For the first 4 years of imprisonment, Salma had little news of her children. She only saw them 3 times during that period. Volunteers from New Life Stories visited her regularly and updated
Share this on WhatsApp Research shows that women generally have 2 major complaints about men. The reasons are frequently used in a divorce based on unreasonable behaviour Singapore. “He is never there for me.” “There isn’t enough intimacy and connection.” Even while in a relationship/ married, they would feel lonely. This is linked to a lack of trust. Women cannot trust their men to be there when they need them. Women tend to want their men to be there for them emotionally by showing care and providing a listening ear. On the other hand, the same researchers found that men
Share this on WhatsApp While Indonesia is the world’s most populated Muslim nation, Islamic Sharia law is only implemented in Aceh. I have been asked the question many times: is adultery an offence in Singapore? While the answer is no, adultery is certainly a serious offence under the Sharia law. Under the Islamic Sharia law, people of opposite sex who are not married to each other are not allowed to get “too close” to each other. If they do, they risk being punished by public caning. In fact, unmarried men and women are not even allowed to ride on the
Share this on WhatsApp There is immense pressure for young women in China to get married. Ou Xiaobai, a 32-year-old gay woman living in Beijing, entered into a sham marriage with a gay man to keep her family happy. Ou told BBC: “At that time I was living a happy life with my girlfriend in Beijing. But I was under constant pressure from my family – who lived in Dalian – to get married… My parents kept asking me if I was seeing anyone. And the situation got worse after my father passed away… Realising there was no way that
Share this on WhatsApp There are indicative signs which show that one may be “emotionally cheating”. Usually, this is the first step and prelude to an adultery. Some of the signs are as follows: You keep text messages from THAT person private and confidential. You do your best to make sure that your partner does not read messages from him/ her. You get carried away by communicating with that person, so much so that you neglect your partner. You put in that extra effort to hang out with THAT person. You feel uncomfortable bringing your partner along when you are
Share this on WhatsApp Britain’s most married man is tying the knots again! Great-grandfather Ron Sheppard, at the age of 68, is going through divorce proceedings with his 8th wife. After spending the 2015 New Year’s Eve with single mother Filipino Cristel Marquez Lalec, 26, he proposed to her. Since that day, Sheppard had, however, not seen the lady until recently when Lalec has arrived in Britain for a month-long holiday. The couple are planning their marriage. Sheppard was 19 when he married his first wife in 1966. That was 50 years ago, and 24 years before Lalec was born!
Share this on WhatsApp The world recently found out that China’s 2-time Olympic gold medalist and 5-time world champion Lin Dan had cheated on his wife while she was pregnant with parties’ child. Photographs and a short video clip showing Lin and model-actress Zhao Yaqi surfaced on Weibo. Lin and his wife, Xie Xingfang (a former badminton world champion herself) were married in 2012. Xie gave birth to a boy on 5 November 2016. After the affair surfaced on the internet, both Lin and Zhao apologized, one after another. Lin posted on Weibo: “”As a man, I do not make
Share this on WhatsApp In 2015, 1,622 Singaporean women married a non-Singaporean groom. This is a 39% increase from the number in 2005. More Singaporean women have married foreign men over the last 10 years. The foreign grooms tend to be professionals from different parts of the world. According to sociologists, marriage counsellors and solemnisers, this is the result of more Singaporean women studying or working overseas. Further, as the number of foreign men in Singapore increases, there are more opportunities for a Singaporean lady to meet foreign men. On the other hand, there are fewer Singaporean men marrying foreign
Share this on WhatsApp Getting a divorce in a foreign country can present different challenges. For instance, a foreign spouse who is sponsored by his/ her spouse’s company as a dependant runs the risk of being asked to leave Singapore before the conclusion of the divorce proceedings. When a foreigner (X) comes to work in Singapore on an Employment Pass (EP), X’s employer usually sponsors his/ her spouse and children. They become “dependants” on X’s employment pass. X can request for the cancellation of the Dependant’s Pass (DP) anytime- before or during divorce proceedings- and the dependant would then have to leave Singapore.
