18 Jan 2002
C v. L
- Citation
- C v. L
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMC7268/2000
The Singapore decree nisi and subsequent decree absolute were valid and supported by certified sealed documents; the parties were habitually resident (and the Wife domiciled) in Singapore when the petition was instituted satisfying s56; the Husband had acknowledged service and had opportunity to participate (and did not pursue available remedies in Singapore), so the grounds in s61 for refusing recognition were not made out; therefore the Singapore divorce is recognised in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong petition is stayed as there is no longer a subsisting marriage to dissolve and Singapore is t…