CAN A FASTER & CHEAPER DIVORCE MAKE US
For a divorce to be granted in Singapore, you have to prove that the marriage has irretrievably broken down. Options include adultery, unreasonable behaviour, and desertion, as well as separation (three years with consent, and four years without consent).
Usually, one party initiates the proceedings as plaintiff, and the other becomes the defendant. So despite having essentially agreed on the divorce, they inevitably get set up as opponents, with one perceived as the perpetrator, and the other as victim.
Jasmine* filed for divorce after catching her husband in bed with his colleague one evening – she’d wanted to surprise him during his business trip to Kuala Lumpur. While he acknowledged the affair, he wanted custody of their three kids and the matrimonial home. Disappointed and outraged, the 45-year-old real estate agent would spend the next few years fighting – and winning – a costly legal battle against her ex-husband.
