{"id":15219,"date":"2025-11-28T19:49:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=15219"},"modified":"2025-11-28T19:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:49:38","slug":"businessmans-ex-wife-sister-tussle-to-be-his-legal-guardian-amid-claims-of-affair-and-illegitimate-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=15219","title":{"rendered":"Businessman&#8217;s ex-wife, sister tussle to be his legal guardian amid claims of affair and illegitimate child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">A 50-year-old Singaporean businessman who suffered a debiliating stroke has become the centre of a dispute between his elder sister and ex-wife, with the former accusing the latter of having an extramarital affair and giving birth to an illegitimate child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">On Nov 14, District Judge Jason Gabriel Chiang denied the ex-wife&#8217;s application to be the man&#8217;s deputy, noting that she was not completely forthcoming in her application. Instead, the Family Court has now empowered his sister to make legal, financial and welfare decisions for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The sister further claimed that the ex-wife had not visited him in his nursing home for six months, and had sold his car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">In response, the ex-wife asserted that she and the businessman remained close friends even after their divorce.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-[-8px] mt-lg font-primary text-22 font-bold leading-1.5\">Man suffered stroke at 48<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Shin Min Daily News reported that the businessman, only named as P in court documents, <span><a class=\"text-primary-500 hover:underline\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaobao.com.sg\/news\/singapore\/story20251127-7880604\" target=\"_blank\">suffered a stroke in March 2023 and now lives in a nursing home. <\/a><\/span>His sister is five years older, and their parents died many years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">P&#8217;s ex-wife is a 42-year-old mathematics tutor who works mainly from home or teaches online. The couple married in July 2008, and had two sons in 2010 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">On Jan 5, 2018, P filed for a divorce, which was finalised in July of that year. The two children were placed in the ex-wife&#8217;s care, and he paid $1,600 in maintenance every month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">P previously posted on social media and told friends that he believed his ex-wife had an affair with the father of one of her students. In early 2019, the ex-wife gave birth to a third child, who is being cared for by the ex-wife and her mother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Despite the divorce, P remained on cordial terms with his ex-wife, exchanging messages frequently and occasionally spending the night at her home, though they slept separately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">She also said P got along well with her third child and that the former couple remained good friends.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-[-8px] mt-lg font-primary text-22 font-bold leading-1.5\">Ex-wife sold his car: Sister<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">At the time of the stroke, P&#8217;s car was parked near a temple. When the ex-wife found out, she drove the vehicle away and continued paying the installments. She also used the car regularly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Court proceedings revealed that she eventually sold the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The ex-wife also took P&#8217;s mobile phone and gave it to their elder son, while transferring the phone line to her own name.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-[-8px] mt-lg font-primary text-22 font-bold leading-1.5\">Ex-wife wanted to bring him home<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Doctors assessed that P did not require 24-hour intensive monitoring. However, if he was brought home, he would need two trained caregivers, along with home modifications recommended by therapists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The ex-wife argued that she worked from home, had a domestic helper, and that her mother could help care for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">However, the judge noted that she still had a young child at home as well as work commitments, making it unlikely she could provide full-time care. Her home was also rented and could not necessarily be modified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The sister added that although the ex-wife continued to visit P regularly at his nursing home, she had not done so for more than six months. The ex-wife said she was kept updated about his condition through the family members of another patient in the same ward.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-[-8px] mt-lg font-primary text-22 font-bold leading-1.5\">Ex-wife not suitable: Judge<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Judge Chiang noted that while a deputy does not necessarily have to be a family member, the ex-wife was not shown to be more suitable than the sister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">&#8220;P&#8217;s Sister had shown consistency in care and concern for P and had been attending to P&#8217;s needs dutifully,&#8221; noted the judge, who ultimately appointed the sister as P&#8217;s deputy.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"border-t border-primary-200 mt-xl mb-md\"\/>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-md py-md xl:flex-row xl:items-center\"><span class=\"font-primary text-18 font-semibold leading-1.2 text-black\">Get more of Stomp&#8217;s latest updates by following us on:<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"border-t border-primary-200 mt-xl mb-md\"\/>\n<p>Join the conversation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/trending-now\/businessmans-ex-wife-sister-tussle-be-his-legal-guardian-amid-claims-affair-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 50-year-old Singaporean businessman who suffered a debiliating stroke has become the centre of a dispute between his elder sister and ex-wife, with the former&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}