Woman has no claim over daughter’s home despite helping to pay more than $1m for it

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The court found that the woman was lending money to her daughter and did not have any share in the house.

The court found that the woman was lending money to her daughter and did not have any share in the house.

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SINGAPORE – When her daughter got married, a woman helped to pay almost half of the $2.4 million for the matrimonial home, but when the daughter’s marriage hit the rocks, she went to court to stake a claim to the property.

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