Changes to law may add to problems

Straits Times Singapore, December 3, 2009, Thursday KIDS BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK   I REFER to last Thursday’s report, ‘Court to mistress: Law can’t help you’, in which Judge of Appeal Chao Hick Tin was quoted as suggesting that the law be changed to protect innocent children born out of wedlock. I sympathise with the children caught in [...]

Support plan for the disabled has appeal

Straits Times Singapore, Novemeber 9, 2009 Monday HAVING a trust fund backed by state guarantee is a prudent way of ensuring financial security for disabled persons after the parents or guardians are gone. The Special Needs Trust Company (SNTC) which the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports launched on Oct 29 offers government assurance that the beneficiaries [...]

Brothers tussle over mum’s $25m estate

Straits Times Singapore, Novemeber 7, 2009 Saturday   Court case to centre on validity of two wills with different provisions By K.C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent Madam Lim had two wills – one signed on July 9 this year and an earlier one made in 2004. She died in August. TWO brothers are set to battle it out in [...]

Govt-backed trust to help care for children with disabilities

Straits Times Singapore, October 30, 2009 Friday   By Theresa Tan Dr Sunil Joseph, a general practitioner, has started a trust account with the Special Needs Trust Company for his five-year-old daughter, Sarah-Jane Lishi Joseph, who is mildly autistic. The fund will ensure she is cared for in the future when he is no longer around. — [...]

‘Favourite child’ wins dispute over will

Straits Times Singapore, October 23, 2009 Friday Youngest of 6 sole heir after judge upholds earlier will of matriarch By Selina Lum The late matriarch Madam Goh’s main asset was this Holland Road house valued at $13 million. — ST FILE PHOTO THE youngest of six siblings has won a court fight with her sister over their [...]

Dispute over dead man’s house resolved

Straits Times Singapore, October 16, 2009 Friday Wife will keep the $4.8m proceeds from property which his brother sold By K.C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent While Madam Chen could not prove that her husband had paid for the house, the court ruled in her favour based on the title deed. — ST FILE PHOTOS THE wife of a [...]