XMZ v XNA

XMZ v XNA

The court found on the balance of probabilities that the Wife committed family violence: (a) corporal punishment shown on CCTV exceeded the correction exception because it was excessive and fuelled by anger; (b) the Wife’s threats to kill herself and the children and her repeated barrage of calls and messages caused anguish and amounted to continual harassment under Limb D; and (c) given the pattern of conduct, lack of insight into the excessiveness of her discipline, and ongoing acrimony between the parties, a PPO was necessary to protect the Husband and the children. The court therefore granted the PPO and ordered mandatory counselling while refusing a domestic exclusion order and a...

Citation
[2025] SGFC 60
Parties
Applicant: XMZ; Respondent: XNA
Court
Family Court
Jurisdiction
Singapore
Judgment Date
22 May 2025
Case Number
SS912/2024
Procedural Posture
Family Court – Personal Protection Order Application / Judgment on PPO Application After Trial
Outcome
Personal Protection Order granted in favour of the Husband (XMZ) and the parties’ two children; mandatory counselling ordered; requests for domestic exclusion order and referral to Child Protection Specialist Centre refused.
Legal Topics
Personal Protection Order, Correction Exception to Family Violence, Definition of Family Violence (women’s Charter S64), Continual Harassment (limb D), Use of Corporal Punishment on Children, Necessity Test for PPO (s65(1)), Threats of Self Harm as Instrument of Coercion
Source Language
English
Family Law Family Violence Children Protection Domestic Relations Criminal Charges (contextual) Personal Protection Order Correction Exception to Family Violence Definition of Family Violence (women’s Charter S64) +4 more

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Parties

XMZ

Applicant

XNA

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Family Court – Personal Protection Order Application / Judgment on PPO Application After Trial

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the Wife’s corporal punishment of the children falls within the correction exception in s64 of the Women’s Charter
  2. 2 Whether the Wife’s threats to kill herself and the children constitute family violence
  3. 3 Whether a PPO is necessary to protect the Husband and the children

Ratio Decidendi

The court found on the balance of probabilities that the Wife committed family violence: (a) corporal punishment shown on CCTV exceeded the correction exception because it was excessive and fuelled by anger; (b) the Wife’s threats to kill herself and the children and her repeated barrage of calls and messages caused anguish and amounted to continual harassment under Limb D; and (c) given the pattern of conduct, lack of insight into the excessiveness of her discipline, and ongoing acrimony between the parties, a PPO was necessary to protect the Husband and the children. The court therefore granted the PPO and ordered mandatory counselling while refusing a domestic exclusion order and a...

Court Disposition

Personal Protection Order granted in favour of the Husband (XMZ) and the parties’ two children; mandatory counselling ordered; requests for domestic exclusion order and referral to Child Protection Specialist Centre refused.

Orders

  • Grant personal protection order protecting XMZ and his two children from XNA
  • Order the parties to undergo mandatory counselling