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Not paying one’s fair share in divorce? New law will make it harder to hide assets and dodge maintenance
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Those convicted of giving the MEO false information can be jailed up to six months, or fined up to $5,000, or both.
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SINGAPORE – Those who have to pay maintenance will find it a lot harder to hide their wealth and not pay the sum to a family member, such as a former wife, when a new unit of Maintenance Enforcement Officers (MEOs) starts work.
This is because the MEOs do not require a defaulter’s consent to get information about his means and assets from third parties like banks, the Housing Board and the Central Provident Fund Board.
