You are a paralegal at Its WHY LLC. Mr.

Noh Yeet Ohl, a partner at Its WHY LLC, has just

taken on a new matter and wants you to work with him on the file.

Mr. Noh informs you that the matter is a matrimonial matter and he wants you to
prepare the all draft papers needed to commence a divorce for his review. He also
wants you to prepare a draft Affidavit of Means for the ancillary matters.

Should you require facts which cannot be found in the file, indicate on the document
you are preparing by inserting the words “[Further instructions from client required:
(Describe information required)]” and describe the type of information required.

For the purposes of this project, while drafting the documents, if you are of the view
that any part of a court form is not applicable to the client’s case, strikethrough the
inapplicable part(s) instead of deleting the part(s).

DOCUMENTS IN FILE

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FILE NOTE
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Date: 19 October 2019

Time: 3.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Parties in Attendance: Bru Man, Noh Yeet Ohl

 Client (H) wants a divorce

Client’s Details
 Occupation: Songwriter/Musician/Music co-ordinator/executive
 NRIC No: S7528563I, Singaporean
 Address: Block 402, Bedok North Avenue 3, #12-123, Singapore 460402
 Educational level: Graduate from Temasek Poly with Diploma in Law and
Management

Details of Marriage
 Married to wife (W), Li Hanna
 NRIC No: S7727724B, Malaysian (Singapore PR – living in Singapore since university)
 Occupation: Pop singer/celebrity
 Educational level: Graduate from Temasek University (Bachelors in music and
theatre studies)
 Marriage Certificate in file
 First marriage for both parties

Statement of Client
 Met her right after uni when we were both struggling musicians and jamming in our
band “Imagine Unicorns”. When I saw her face, it was love at first sight. Her eyes
make the stars look like they're not shining and her hair falls perfectly without her
trying. She was so beautiful.
 She was poor, I was broke but I loved her just the way she was. I wrote songs and
she sang them. We made beautiful melodies together. We even had a hit song,
“Shine bright like a jewel”.
 It was a beautiful day in August 2002 and I was looking for something dumb to do. I
thot that I wanted to marry her. I proposed and she agreed. We registered with the
ROM and got married on 10.10.2002 at ROM.
 We got our HDB flat in 2003 in Bedok. And in 2004 we welcomed our first child,
Martina. Our second child, Matthew, was born in 2007.

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 In the last 2 years, our marriage suffered due to her success. You would have heard
her recent hit songs “Parasol”, “Slay (I want you to slay)”, “Only Boy in the world”
and “FourFive minutes” all co-written by me. She has also received numerous
endorsements and is starring in a local movie called “Milo Milo”.
 All her success has gone to her head. Suddenly she is too hot for a down and out
songwriter like me. Since the beginning of this year, she has not been coming home
on many occasions. It is common for her to come home only two or three times a
week. And often, she returns home late at night. We hardly talk at all now.
 She gets to go to balls and parties and does not want to be seen with me in those
functions. Last year when I saw her at a press party, she pretended not to know me
and ignored me through the whole session.
 At the recent Temasek Music Awards in October, she was seen with another A-list
singer, Ed Shee Han on the red carpet. Hugging closely. She also told the media that
she was separated from me (NOT TRUE!). Hurt me deeply.
 For SG54 Concert in August, she performed with Robin Thin and twerked him, then
pretended on stage to lick his unmentionables. I was disgusted. Totally
inappropriate for a national day event!
 In June, I found that she had bought a new condo in Sentosa Cave which I
understand costs at least $2M. She didn’t tell me anything about this. I found out
accidentally when I saw a document with a title of “Land Titles Act Transfer” with
her name under “Transferee”. I wanted to ask her about it but she snatched it away
from me berating “don’t be so bl**dy kaypoh!”
 Whenever she is home, she would spend most of her time sleeping or with the
children. She totally ignores me and makes me feel transparent. The children love
her. But are sad cos they don’t know when she will be there. She has broken many
promises to bring them on holidays, to the park, zoo, have fun, etc. I think children
are hurt but afraid to say anything.
 She often said that she wants the children to have good life. I think she wants to
divorce me and take the children away from me.
 I am now taking care of kids. I work from home so that I can be there for them when
they get home. But when I have gigs, I cant. So now, I reject many gigs to work part
time as a music co-ordinator/executive so that I can spend more time with kids.
From time to time, I still play a gig or two, but very rare.
 As a music co-ordinator/executive, I write and arrange music for events. I also
arrange for musicians to play or record the music for events, if needed. The pay is
not great. I still prefer to write music to express my creativity and not for
commercial events. These cheapen my music. But I have to sacrifice because she
refuse.

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 I still get royalties from time to time when my music is recorded or performed.
COMPASS sends a cheque to me every quarter – usually cheque is about $150-$250.
 Last weekend, she packed some stuff and said that she is leaving me. This is not first
time. She did it before twice (last time in Christmas 2016) but always return when
she needs something from me. Last time she returned cos she wanted me to help
her re-write a song.
 She must earn a million bucks but doesn’t spend on family. Only herself.
 I still love her and consider her my treasure, my white gold, Michelle Pfeiffer. I
would take a grenade for her. But she does not care for me anymore. I can only kick
up my feet and stare at the fan …. and reminisce when I was her man.

My assets
 Main asset = HDB flat
o Upfront Payments : Cash - $20K from me and 10K from her. CPF - $8K from
me and $6K from her.
o conveyancing/stamp duty/admin charges of $8,836 paid by both in equal
shares.
o Balance covered by the HDB loan taken out jointly. Both using CPF funds to
pay monthly instalments.
o Renovation costs amounting to about $42,000 – shared equally. She was
involved in the design but I supervised the renovations.
 Car SGA 9681 – 9 year old Kia Picanto – about $12K.
 Accident and Hospitalisation insurance policy from Maximus Assurance Ltd (policy
no. MA-98890-01)
 OCBC shares – 20,000 @ $16.25 (15.04.2018); SIA shares – 5,000 @ $12.50
(15.10.2019)
 Life insurance policy from Great Western Insurance Ltd (policy no. GW 1077722-wg)
o death benefit $150,000
o surrender value $35,200 (as at 15.10.2019)
 Personal bank a/c – Overseas Union Bank 006-15541 : $51,625 (updated bank
passbook today)
 Joint bank a/c with her – Overseas Union Bank 006-15586 : $42,308 (updated ban
passbook today)
 My joint a/c with Matthew – Keppel Bank K5-96658 : $8,558 (updated yesterday)
 Her joint a/c with Martina – Keppel Bank a/c?? : around $8K
 2 children
o Martina, daughter, born on 5 October 2004 (BC No. T0412584D)
o Matthew, son, born on 17 April 2007 (BC No. T0722987Z)

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 Martina – Sec 4 next yr at Rhythm Blues High School. Matthew – Sec 1 next yr in
same school.

ITS WHY LLC

FILE NOTE
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 I send both kids to school in the morning at around 7:30 am. Martina (Sec 3) comes
home by public transport usually around 3:30 pm while Matthew (P6) comes home
by school bus at 1:30 pm. Next year, Martina and Matthew will be in same school.
Hopefully they can go to school and come home together.
 Myanmese domestic helper takes care of the children until I come home.
 I help children with homework. Take them for their enrichment/tuition.
 Now I do all the other stuff around the house – groceries/payments/admin etc. since
she is hardly home.

Expenses
 Through GIRO monthly deductions, H pays town council/conservancy charges - $75,
Martina’s school fees - $15; Matthew’s school fees - $6.50; Income Tax - $45; Life
Insurance - $70.

 H’s expenses :
Food/marketing - $300/mth (for family)
Meals outside - $200/mth
Groceries - $350/mth (for family)
Car Insurance - $840/yr
Road Tax - $360/half yr
Carpark/ERP - $85/mth
Servicing - $100/half yr
Petrol – $150/mth
Utilities - $180/mth (for home)
Handphone bills - $90/mth (for both Martina and H)
Clothes/shoes - $100/mth
Grooming -$20/mth
Hospital and Accident Insurance - $120/yr
Outings with family/children - $300/mth
Parents - $500/mth
Subscriptions (internet/Spotify etc) - $70/mth
Misc - $150/mth

 H pays Martina’s expenses – per month :

Allowance - $160
Clothes/shoes/grooming - $100
Books/Stationery- $50

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Gymnastics lessons - $140
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 Matthew’s expenses – per month

Allowance - $40
School bus - $120
Clothes/shoes/grooming -$100
Books/stationery/toys -$60
Swimming lessons - $80

 W only pays for domestic helper’s salary and levy.

H wants :
 Marriage is over. H wants to end marriage.
 H has attending a 2-hour parenting programme at MSF last week.
 Wants sole care and control of the children. Prepared to have joint custody of both
children. W can have reasonable access – on weekends.
 H proposes transfer of W’s share of the flat to H. He will reimburse her CPF monies
with interest, and take over the loan, and also pay costs of transfer (H’s rich brother
will loan him $ to pay her CPF).
 Alternatively flat to be sold in open market - then H wants sales proceeds to pay-off
expenses, the HDB loan and balance to be split 70-30 in his favour with each party to
reimburse his/her own CPF monies.
 H wants share of her Sentosa Cave property or have that taken into consideration in
division of matrimonial assets.
 H intends to move in with his parents who live in terrace house – 99 Ninth Avenue,
S259900. Parents can help look after children when he is at work. H will increase
allowance to parents. If flat is transferred to H, can rent it out for extra income – to
save up for children’s education later on.
 Other joint assets can be divided equally.
 Assets in parties’ respective name to remain as their individual property.
 W shd pay maintenance for children at $700 per month - $350 each child.
 W to bear costs of the divorce.

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Entered No: 954444

THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

WOMEN’S CHARTER
(CHAPTER 353)
(Sections 28 and 29)

CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE

THE MARRIAGE between BRU MAN (NRIC No: S7528563I)

(Bridegroom)

and LI HANNA (NRIC No: S7727724B) was solemnized

(Bride)

by LILIAN TAN at the Registry of Marriages, Singapore, on 10 October 2002

in the presence of

MAH BOW TIN (S0009274/B) and LI HANEE (S7076543/C)

and was registered by me at the Registry of Marriages, Singapore,

on 10 October 2002.

LILIAN TAN
(Registrar/Deputy of Registrar of Marriages, Singapore)

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 REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ACT
(CHAPTER 267)
BIRTH REGISTRATION NO:
T0412584D

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF BIRTH

CHILD’S Birth Registered at : Singapore

PARTICULARS Full Name: MARTINA MAH MIN MIN Race: Chinese

Sex: Female Date of Birth: Time of Birth: 0315 hours

05 October 2004
Place or Address of Birth: TT Women's & Children's Hospital
100 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 229899
MOTHER’S Name: LI HANNA Date of Birth: 15 January 1977
PARTICULARS NRIC/Identification Document Race: Chinese Dialect Group: Hokkien
No: S7727724B Religion: Free thinker
Nationality: Malaysian Country of Birth: Singapore
Address: Block 402 Bedok North Avenue 3 #12-123 Singapore 460402
FATHER’S Name: BRU MAN Date of Birth: 12 August 1975
PARTICULARS NRIC/Identification Document Race: Chinese Dialect Group: Hakka
No: S7528563I Religion: Christian
Nationality: Singaporean Country of Birth: Singapore
Address: Block 402 Bedok North Avenue 3 #12-123 Singapore 460402
INFORMANT’S Name: LI HANNA
PARTICULARS
NRIC/Identification Document No: Relationship: Mother
S7727724B
Address: Block 402 Bedok North Avenue 3 #12-123 Singapore 460402
FOR OFFICIAL USE

I certify that the above information given by me is correct.

Li Hanna 8 October 2004
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 REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ACT
(CHAPTER 267)
BIRTH REGISTRATION NO:
T0722987Z

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF BIRTH

CHILD’S Birth Registered at : Singapore

PARTICULARS Full Name: MATTHEW MAH MON MON Race: Chinese

Sex: Male Date of Birth: Time of Birth: 0830 hours

17 APRIL 2007
Place or Address of Birth: TT Women's & Children's Hospital
100 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 229899
MOTHER’S Name: LI HANNA Date of Birth: 15 January 1977
PARTICULARS NRIC/Identification Document Race: Chinese Dialect Group: Hokkien
No: S7727724B Religion: Free thinker
Nationality: Malaysian Country of Birth: Singapore
Address: Block 402 Bedok North Avenue 3 #12-123 Singapore 460402
FATHER’S Name: BRU MAN Date of Birth: 12 August 1975
PARTICULARS NRIC/Identification Document Race: Chinese Dialect Group: Hakka
No: S7528563I Religion: Christian
Nationality: Singaporean Country of Birth: Singapore
Address: Block 402 Bedok North Avenue 3 #12-123 Singapore 460402
INFORMANT’S Name: LI HANNA
PARTICULARS
NRIC/Identification Document No: Relationship: Mother
S7727724B
Address: Block 402 Bedok North Avenue 3 #12-123 Singapore 460402
FOR OFFICIAL USE

I certify that the above information given by me is correct.

Li Hanna 20 April 2007
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EXTRACTS OF HDB’S REPLY TO STANDARD QUERY

FORM 19

STANDARD QUERY TO HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD ON HDB

MATRIMONIAL ASSET (HDB FLAT)

Block 402, Bedok North Avenue 3,

#12-123, Singapore 460402 (hereinafter called “the flat”)

PART 1 – PARTICULARS OF PARTIES

(To be completed by party making the enquiry)

Name of Plaintiff BRU MAN

NRIC No. S7528563I

Name of Defendant LI HANNA

NRIC No. S7727724B

Nature of writ Writ for Divorce/ Annulment*

Name of Solicitor for Plaintiff/ Its WHY LLC

Defendant Noh Yeet Ohl

(specify the name of the solicitor

representing the party who is making the
enquiry)

Solicitor’s address 1 North Bridge Road, #16-03 High

Street Centre, Singapore 179094
(if there is no solicitor, state the address of
the party who is making the enquiry)

Fax No. 6471 0060

(HDB’s replies will be sent by fax or

ordinary post to this address and number.)

Contact No. 6324 0060

* Delete where inapplicable

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 PART 2 – PARTICULARS OF THE FLAT (to be completed by HDB)

2.1 Name of Flat Owner(s)/Occupier(s)

Role Name Relationship with Flat Owner

Flat 1. BRU MAN Self
Owner(s)
2. LI HANNA Co-owner

3.

4.

Occupier(s) 5.

6.

7.

8.

2.2 Occupation Period of the Flat

The flat owners are required to meet a 5 year minimum occupation period from 01112001
(Effective Date of Sale/Purchase Date), excluding any subletting and/or non-occupation period,
before they are eligible to sell the flat in the open market.

2.3 Information on the Flat Ownership

 *Direct Purchased Flats : Please refer to the enclosed (a) Sales Order and (b) Mortgage Loan
Statement of Account

 *Resale Flats (including those purchased with CPF Housing Grant) : Please refer to the
enclosed Mortgage Loan Statement of Account and the below table:

Flat Type 5-Room

Mode of Purchase Resale
Manner of Holding Joint Tenancy
Date of Purchase 01 November 2003
Purchase Price $320,000
Amount of CPF Housing Grant Obtained $40,000
Initial Capital Payment $30,000 – Cash
$8,000 – CPF (Bru Man)

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 $6,000 – CPF (Li Hanna)
Conveyancing/Stamp/Registration/Administration Fees $8,836
Loan Granted $236,000

2.4 Information on Loan Repayment

[A] Repayment via CPF from Flat Owner(s)

Name of Flat Owner(s) Amount deducted from CPF Ordinary Account
1. BRU MAN $800
2. LI HANNA $600
3. $
4. $
[B] Payment via Cash $ Nil
Monthly Mortgage Loan Instalment (total) $1,400
([A] + [B])

* Delete where not applicable

PART 3 – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

3.1 Retention of Flat

If any of the parties wish to retain the ownership of the existing flat, he/she must meet the prevailing
eligibility conditions to take over the ownership of the flat and has the financial means to service the
monthly mortgage loan instalments. The details can be found in the HDB InfoWEB at www.hdb.gov.sg
under :

Eligibility to Retain Flat :

 “Living in HDB Flats > Change Owners or Occupiers > Retain Flat Ownership > Divorce”

Eligibility to Obtain an HDB Loan :

 “Living in HDB Flats > Change Owners or Occupiers > Transfer Flat Ownership > Eligibility
Criteria > Proposed Owners’ Eligibility to obtain an HDB loan”

3.2 Sale of Flat

If none of the party is eligible to retain the ownership of the flat and that the minimum occupation period
of the flat has been met, they may consider selling the flat in the open market. The details can be found
in the HDB InfoWEB at www.hdb.gov.sg under “Selling your flat > Am I Eligible > Eligibility >
Minimum Occupation Period”.

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 If the existing flat is bought from the HDB or with a CPF Housing Grant, the resale levy is payable
when the party buys or akes over the ownership of another subsidized flat or an Executive
Condominium bought directly from the developer/within the minimum occupation period. The details
can be found in the HDB InfoWEB at www.hdb.gov.sg under “Selling your flat > Am I Eligible >
Resale Levy.”

3.3 Surrender of Flat

The parties may have to surrender the flat to HDB if the minimum occupation period of the flat has not
been met at the point of divorce and neither party meets the eligibility conditions to retain the flat under
an eligibility scheme.

3.4 Creation of Trust for the Children

HDB may allow creation of a trust to enable private individuals to hold the flat in trust for minor
children until they reach 21 years old, subject to the following conditions :

 The private individual to be appointed as trustee must be a Singapore citizen or Singapore

permanent resident.
 If the trustee is also the remaining co-owner who is able and iwlling to service the loan, HDB may
consider granting a freh loan for the flat. Otherwise the existing mortgage loan must be fully
discharged.
 The request for creation of trust will be subject to HDB’s approval.

3.5 Purchase of Next Flat Directly from HDB/in the Open Market

If any of the party wishes to buy another flat, he/she may purchase it either directly from HDB or from
the open market, subject to meeting the eligibility conditions as set out in the HDB InfoWEB at
www.hdb.gov.sg under :

 “Buying a flat > New Flat”

 “Buying a flat > Resale Flat”

3.6 Rental of Flat Directly from HDB

If the party could not afford to buy a flat and does not have family support, he/she may apply to rent a
flat directly from HDB. The details can be found in our HDB InfoWEB at www.hdb.gov.sg under
“Renting a flat > Direct from HDB > Public Rental Scheme > Eligibility for renting a flat.

Lee Boo Cheng

Senior Records Officer
_______________________________ 16 October 2019
Signature, name & designation of HDB officer Date

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Loan Ref : HDB-R(BDK 563-4015778-01586-P)
Date : 16 October 2019

Mortgage Loan Statement of Account for :

Block 402, Bedok North Avenue 3, #12-123, Singapore 460402

Borrowers : BRU MAN (S7528563I)

LI HANNA (S7727724B)

Loan Amount $236,000

Current Outstanding $28,781.45

This is a computer generated document, hence there is no signature

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EVENTS R US PTE LTD

Payslip for August 2019

Name : Bru Man

Pos : Music co-ordinator

Salary
Total Basic Salary S$4,400.00

Deductions Period Amount

Employee Ordinary CPF S$ 880.00
Community Chest S$ 2.00

Add : Overtime/Allowance S$ 320.00

Net Pay Amount: S$3,838.00

Your Net Pay has been credited to your Overseas Union Bank A/C 006-15541

Date : 31 August 2019

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EVENTS R US PTE LTD

Payslip for September 2019

Name : Bru Man

Pos : Music co-ordinator

Salary
Total Basic Salary S$4,400.00

Deductions Period Amount

Employee Ordinary CPF S$ 880.00
Community Chest S$ 2.00

Add : Overtime/Allowance S$ 384.00

Net Pay Amount: S$3,902.00

Your Net Pay has been credited to your Overseas Union Bank A/C 006-15541

Date : 30 April 2019

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THE CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND BOARD
Name : BRU MAN Date : 18 October 2019
CPF Account Number : S7528563I Time : 4:03 PM (Singapore Time)

My Statement
Account Balances (as at 16 April 2018)

Ordinary Account (OA) $17,088.64

Special Account (SA) $49,362.09

Medisave Account (MA) $24,217.51

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THE CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND BOARD
Name : BRU MAN Date : 18 October 2019
CPF Account Number : S7528563I Time : 4:04 PM (Singapore Time)

My Property Statement

Ordinary Account (OA) Special Account (SA) ($)

($)

Net Amount Used 167,824.00 Nil

Accrued Interest 25,057.36 Nil

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 E-LITIGATION
Bankruptcy Search

Search on Name : BRU MAN

Result : No Trace

As at 18 October 2019 4:33 pm

DISCLAIMER : LAWWEB takes no responsibility for any erroneous information

furnished and shall not be liable for any losses/damages caused due to erroneous
information furnished through its database.

LAWWEB
Bankruptcy Search

Search on Name : LI HANNA

Result : No Trace

As at 18 October 2019 4:35 pm

DISCLAIMER : LAWWEB takes no responsibility for any erroneous information

furnished and shall not be liable for any losses/damages caused due to erroneous
information furnished through its database.

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