L O B v H O B PIHAK YANG DINAMAKAN C O B

wa-33-592-12-2021 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 21 May 2025 • WA-33-592-12/2021 • 50 min read

29 cases cited (4 SG, 25 foreign)

Catchwords

Family Law - Divorce – Spousal maintenance – Whether spousal maintenance should be awarded to Wife – Whether Wife had estabslihed that Husband had caused irretrievable breakdown of marriage – Whether Wife had satisfied ‘means and needs’ test to justify amount of spousal maintenance sought – Law Reform (Marriage & Divorce) Act 1976 – sections 77, 78 Family Law – Divorce – Irretrievable breakdown of marriage – Cause of – Whether Wife’s allegations of adultery between the Petitioner and Party-Cited had been established – Whether Wife had found such adultery, if at all, intolerable – Whether Wife had established that it was Husband’s unreasonable behaviour that had caused irretrievable breakdown of the marriage – Law Reform (Marriage & Divorce) Act 1976 sections 53, 54, 58(3) – Women’s Charter 1961 (Singapore), section 95(5) Family Law – Divorce – Guardianship, custody, care and control of child and child maintenance – Whether the Husband and Wife should be granted joint guardianship and joint custody – Whether sole custody, care, and control should be awarded to the Wife – What form of access the Husband should have – Whether Husband obligated to pay child maintenance – Law Reform (Marriage & Divorce) Act 1976 – sections 88, 92, 93 – Guardianship of Infants Act 1961 – sections 3 and 5 Family Law – Divorce – Division of matrimonial assets – Whether both Husband and Wife entitled to a division of those assets based on their respective claimed contributions – Whether contributions of each party established – Law Reform (Marriage & Divorce) Act 1976 – section 76

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Evrol Mariette Peters Delivered

Counsel (8)

Liow & Co Firm Shang & Co. Firm Adrian Chioh Jia Feng Counsel Respondent James Chow Counsel Petitioner Liow Si Hoon Counsel Respondent Loh Zheng Feng Counsel Petitioner Pey Shau Xuan Counsel Petitioner Ting Chin Chuan Counsel Respondent

Parties (3)

C O B Named Party H O B Respondent L O B Petitioner

Case Significance

L O B v H O B PIHAK YANG DINAMAKAN C O B is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated May 21, 2025 (citation: wa-33-592-12-2021). The case was decided by Evrol Mariette Peters.

What was the outcome of L O B v H O B PIHAK YANG DINAMAKAN C O B?

L O B v H O B PIHAK YANG DINAMAKAN C O B is a High Court decision dated May 21, 2025. The case was heard by Evrol Mariette Peters. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Cap 91)

s 15(1)

Evidence Act

s 73A s 73A(2)

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

s 103 s 73A(2)

Guardianship of Infants Act 1961

s 5

Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 (Cap 164)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (29)

SG (2)

[1995] SGHC 23 [2016] SGCA 2

SLR (2)

[2004] 3 SLR(R) 376 [2012] 2 SLR 506

UK (5)

[1913] AC 407 [1950] 2 All ER 458 [1996] 1 All ER 1 [2012] EWCA Civ 420 [2025] EWCA Civ 42

MY (20)

[1991] 1 CLJ 667 [1991] 1 MLJ 428 [1996] 1 CLJ 113 [1996] 1 MLJ 223 [1997] 1 CLJ 396 [1997] 1 MLJ 109 [1999] 5 CLJ 474 [2001] 2 CLJ 474 [2001] 6 CLJ 104 [2011] 6 CLJ 782 [2012] 3 CLJ 551 [2012] MLJU 56 [2014] 7 CLJ 1034 [2015] 5 MLJ 1 [2015] 6 MLJ 10 [2015] 7 CLJ 584 [2015] 8 CLJ 944 [2016] 2 CLJ 267 [2021] 2 MLJ 469 [2024] 4 MLJ 524

Judgment

Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal.

Read on eJudgment

Source: eJudgment (wa-33-592-12-2021)