When a foreign wife failed to turn up for a $10m divorce
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The woman was expected to fight for a share of her husband’s assets, which exceeded $10 million.
ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
- A foreign wife, in a brief marriage to a wealthy Singapore man, sought an expensive house but repeatedly skipped divorce hearings. She received only a "clean break" $5,000 settlement.
- The woman asked for a luxurious house but failed to attend hearings. Despite his $10 million net worth, she received only $5,000 from the court.
- In another case, a man's plan to claim his HDB flat backfired when he skipped hearings; his ex-wife received all proceeds, and his new wife had to sue him to recover her $200,000 loan.
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SINGAPORE - A Taiwanese woman who wed a Singapore millionaire almost 20 years her senior after a whirlwind romance might meet most definitions of “gold-digger”, especially when she asked for “an expensive house” soon after.
But the twist to this unusual love story was her surprise decision to be a no-show during their divorce hearings, when they eventually split up, and this meant she lost her right to a slice of her ex-husband’s $10 million assets.
