Read the full judgment text of FCMC 11528/2019 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 9 September 2024 before Her Honour Judge Elaine Liu.
Committal – Access – Statement of Particulars – Discretion – Penal Notice – District Court – Matrimonial Causes – Parties separated in 2018 after 11 years marriage, one daughter born 2010. Petitioner mother petitioned for divorce in 2019. Respondent father applied for committal for non-compliance of interim access orders made 16 July 2020 and 1 April 2021. Statement defective as it failed to identify specific dates of breach and failed to state with sufficient particulars what Mother did or failed to do. Court held Statement treated as quasi-indictment and defects were not mere technicalities. Leave to apply for committal set aside and Summons struck out. No order of costs (nisi basis).
Legal issues: Defect in Statement of Committal Application · Discretion to Cure Irregularities
Outcome: Leave to apply for committal set aside; Summons struck out.
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