Child Custody
Who Is the Legal Parent After Assisted Reproduction?
The woman who gives birth is the mother in law, and a husband is presumed the father. Donor gametes, separation and overseas…
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Custody, care and control, and access arrangements for children.
Child Custody
Primary One Registration After Divorce
P1 registration is stressful enough. Here is how it works when parents are divorced, and what to do when you cannot agree…
Child Custody
Sole Custody vs Joint Custody in Singapore
The practical difference between sole and joint custody in Singapore, when a court will order sole custody, and the misconception that costs…
Child Custody
Introducing a New Partner to Your Children
How to time and handle introducing a new partner to your children, what your co-parent can and cannot object to, and where…
Child Custody
Do Children Give Evidence in Family Proceedings?
Family courts avoid putting children in the witness box. Their views reach the judge through interviews, Child Representatives and welfare reports instead.
Child Custody
The Youth Court and Beyond Parental Control Orders
The Youth Court handles young offenders and care and protection matters. It is also where a parent applies when a child is…
Child Custody
Child Protection in Singapore: When MSF Steps In
What the Children and Young Persons Act allows, when MSF's Child Protective Service gets involved, and what happens to a family after…
Child Custody
Changing Your Child’s Name in Singapore
How a child's name is changed by deed poll, why both parents' consent generally matters, and what the court looks at when…
Child Custody
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Singapore
What grandparents who are the day-to-day carers can do about school, medical and travel decisions, and the legal routes that give them…
Child Custody
Keeping Siblings Together in Custody Decisions
Why courts prefer to keep brothers and sisters in the same household, the situations where they may be separated, and what parents…