Can I Divorce If I Am Not Married for 3 Years? 如果我结婚3年不离婚，我可以离婚吗？

Mar 12

As we discussed in our earlier post, one needs to be married for at least 3 years before one can divorce in Singapore. However, what happens if you are not married for 3 years and unable to continue your marriage?

Exceptional Hardship or Exceptional Depravity

You will need to prove to the Family Justice Courts that the plaintiff (i.e. the party filing the divorce) is suffering from exceptional hardship, or if the defendant (i.e. the other party to the divorce) has engaged in exceptional depravity. This legal requirement is extremely factual i. e. based on the facts of each case. Past cases suggest that the courts will not readily rule that there was exceptional hardship or exceptional depravity in order to grant an early divorce.

Examples where exceptional hardship or depravity were not, or will not be found:

Mere disruption to the plaintiff’s career due to a rocky marriage.
Mere adultery because every case where one party commits adultery will likely bring about some hardship on the innocent spouse.
Where there is a reasonable probability of reconciliation, or where the interests of any child of the marriage is in question, the court will not readily grant a divorce before the 3-year period.
Stress from a controlling spouse and parents-in-law does not amount to exceptional hardship.
Physical abuse, if only occurring in isolated incidents and not frequently, does not amount to exceptional hardship.

As can be seen from above, the reasons to end the marriage before the 3-year time bar must be severe.

Examples where exceptional hardship or depravity was found:

Spouse involved in numerous adulterous behavior with more than 10 people since the beginning of the marriage.
Spouse disappearing right from the beginning of the marriage.
Continuous physical violence resulting in serious injuries.
Abusive speech and conduct causing the other spouse to suffer grave psychological problems.
Spouse committing adultery at the marital home.
Developing cancer or other serious illness due to stress caused by the marriage and the behavior of the other spouse. In Foo Teck Guan v Chan Yoke Han [2010] SGDC 235, the defendant being the wife was found to have behaved with exceptional depravity when she committed adultery in the marital home, and while the husband was in the same house. The husband suffered from depression as a result.

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正如我们在之前的帖子中所讨论的，一个人需要结婚至少 3 年才能在新加坡离婚。但是，如果您没有结婚 3 年并且无法继续婚姻会怎样？

异常困难或异常堕落

您需要向家庭司法法院证明原告（即提出离婚的一方）遭受了特殊的困难，或者被告（即离婚的另一方）是否从事了特殊的堕落。这一法律要求非常符合事实，即根据每个案件的事实。过去的案例表明，法院不会轻易裁定存在异常困难或异常堕落才能批准提前离婚。

没有或不会发现特殊困难或堕落的例子：

仅仅是由于一段不稳定的婚姻而中断了原告的职业生涯。
纯粹是通奸因为每一方通奸的案件都可能给无辜的配偶带来一些困难。
如果有合理的和解可能性，或者婚姻中任何子女的利益有问题，法院不会轻易批准在3年期限之前离婚。
来自控制型配偶和岳父母的压力并不构成特别困难。
身体虐待，即使只发生在孤立的事件中，而不是经常发生，也不构成特别的困难。

从上面可以看出，在3年时间限制之前结束婚姻的原因一定很严重。

发现异常困难或堕落的例子：

自结婚以来，配偶与10多人进行了多次通奸行为。
偶从婚姻一开始就消失了。
持续的身体暴力导致严重伤害。
辱骂性言论和行为导致配偶另一方遭受严重的心理问题。
普斯在婚姻家庭通奸。
由于婚姻和配偶另一方行为造成的压力而患上癌症或其他严重疾病。在Foo Teck Guan v Chan Yoke Han [2010] SGDC 235一案中，被告作为妻子，在婚姻家庭中通奸时，以及丈夫在同一所房子里时，被发现行为异常堕落。丈夫因此患上了抑郁症。

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