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Does Woman's Charter of Singapore protect rich women from paying compensation in a divorce?

  • Woman's Charter has been known in Singapore to greatly favor women in the event of a divorce. In other countries, when a couple divorce, it is the richer party who becomes poorer regardless of gender. The impression many Singaporean men get from the Woman's Charter is that they will usually end up poorer in a divorce even if the wife sleeps around. This will result in rich boys staying as swinging bachelors for fear of losing half their wealth to gold-digging wives. It is a headache for rich families with sons. The question is ... can a man get compensated in a divorce if the wife is richer? Does Woman's Charter of Singapore protect rich women from paying compensation in a divorce? This is a follow-up question to

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    There are 2 avenues I can see where rich women could be made to "pay compensation" to their ex-husbands: 1) Division of marital assets 2) Maintenance of child In turn: 1) Division of marital assets Section 112 allows the court to divide the matrimonial assets, taking into account the extent of the contributions made by each party in money, property or work towards acquiring, improving or maintaining the matrimonial assets (and some other things) So if the rich woman had contributed more to the matrimonial assets and the man had not been totally remiss in his spousal duties, he would probably gain from a division of them - in other words, he would get some of her money. 2) Maintenance of child Section 68 of the Women's Charter affirms that parents must maintain their children - even if they are in the other parent's custody. Thus if a child or multiple children were in the man's custody, the wife would have to pay maintenance for their upkeep. However, this isn't exactly "compensation" to the ex-husband but a payment to bring up the children. *** Meanwhile, under Section 69 women can claim maintenance for themselves, but men cannot claim maintenance on their part. Here is a recent case (April 2014) on a judge denying a richer woman her claim of maintenance from her poorer husband: http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/judge-maintenance-not-unalloyed-right-women-4652357.html

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Largely depends on the length of the relationship and the contribution of the man to the marriage (assuming children and matrimonial assets). In the event that the marriage is long and there are a lot of matrimonial assets (assets accrued during the marriage or in both names) the man is entitled to a share of those assets, typically I would say 50-50 for long marriages and a lower amount for short marriages. Usually the man isn't entitled to alimony. Short marriages without children are quite simple, and it is likely the man will get nothing, except for the assets that he had received from his wife as gifts.

Andrew Wilfred

Tough luck as it currently stands, due to women charter, men in Singapore will always lose out until modifications are made to it.

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