Woman in S’pore Seeks $6,500 in alimony after Divorce but Ex-Husband Reply That $940 is Enough With His Financial Status
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A couple had ended up in court due to a tussle over the amount of alimony the ex-husband has to pay the ex-wife. According to Shin Min Daily News (SMDN), the woman who used to be a flight attendant is from a wealthy family and her father is supposedly a multimillionaire and owns over $3 million worth of private property. While the ex-husband is a lawyer who is reportedly from a low-income family and he had to pay off his tuition loans while trying to pass the bar exam and get this lawyer’s license.
The couple got married in 2016 where she helped her ex-husband to pay off his student loans and she also paid for all their wedding expenses. While her ex-husband had become a partner at a law firm, drawing a monthly salary of $15,000, his debt goes up to as much as $9,000 every month. Then their marriage broke down a few years later, in 2018 where the woman has to give birth to a set of twins, the couple had an argument two months after the birth and she moved back to her father’s residence together with their children and after moving out, she asked alimony from her ex-husband.
The ex-husband paid her $1,500 a month in alimony in the meantime where she received her alimony for six months straight then the payment stopped for five months before continuing in December 2019 where she then requested her former husband to increase the alimony to $6,500 a month and as well as to make up for the amount that he has failed to pay in the past.
According to the woman, the monthly expenses for the children runs up to nearly $10,000 which she said includes residence fees, transportation cost and as well as hiring the cost of a domestic helper where the children are currently attending a private school, they should not be transferred to another school as they have already gotten used to their present school environment, therefore, she requires a monthly payment of $1,600 from the ex-husband to pay the school feels.
However, the ex-husband thinks that the alimony should be $940 as he had no idea the twins were registered at a private school and he only knew it when he was going through the divorce and he doesn’t have the financial means to pay for their expensive private school tuition. But the woman claimed that the divorce agreement where her ex-husband had promised to pay at least $3,900 a month.
But it was refused by the ex-husband that they had signed the agreement and he claimed that he couldn’t pay the amount back then where he had the proposed the figure in a last-ditch attempt to save their marriage. The woman claimed that her father had even billed her $3,200 for rent that she wants to move out from her father’s mansion because the house is having 11 people staying there which is not suitable for the children to stay there.
However, the husband doubted the bill which she can forge the document in order to receive a greater amount of alimony. The ex-husband where he needs to pay off a loan of around $2,000 every month and also add to the amount he has to give his parents and handicapped brother as well as the lease for his Mercedes Benz.
The ex-wife then argued that his luxury car is not a necessary expense that he could drive a cheaper car instead and the ex0husband then said that it is only $400 indifference cost where if he terminates his lease now, it would cost him $36,000 in early termination fees which is not reasonable.
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