Judge orders estranged wife to give injured hubby $400 in monthly maintenance as he can't work

The Family Justice Courts said it had received fewer than 20 such maintenance applications between 2017 and 2021. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PEXELS
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SINGAPORE - A man certified permanently unfit to work by doctors after suffering work injuries has been awarded $400 a month in maintenance from his wife.

He had only about $200 in the bank and owed the hospital over $13,000. His Central Provident Fund savings had been largely depleted as well.

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