Legal Grounds for Divorce: Separation 离婚的法律依据: 分离
In Singapore, the only ground on which one can get a divorce is when the relationship between spouses has “irretrievably broken down”. Separation is the last example of the marriage being irretrievably broken down that we will explore in this post.
Separation Under the Women’s Charter (Cap 61):
Under Section 95(d) and (e) of the Women’s Charter states as follows:
(d) You and your spouse have lived apart for a continuous period of at least 3 years immediately preceding the filing of the writ and your spouse consents to a divorce judgment being granted
(e) Where you are able to show that and your spouse have lived apart for a continuous period of at least 4 years immediately preceding the filing of the writ” (spouse does not have to consent to a divorce judgment being granted)
The court must be satisfied that the spouses are living apart, and the consortium must further have ceased. To prove “living apart”, one must satisfy the following particulars:
The date which you and your spouse commenced separation;
Commencement of separation should only be counted from when the parties had the desire to bring the consortium to a permanent end.
A physical separation due to a lack of alternative (e.g. for work, studies abroad will not suffice and cannot count towards the time period of separation between parties.
The reasons for both you and your spouse’s intention to commence separation
The duration of the separation
The separate residential addresses of you and your spouse during the period of separation (if known); and
If you and your spouse have been living in separate households under the same roof for the period of the separation, to give details on how you and your spouse have been living in separate households.
Living in Separate Households Is the Key Element
As can be seen from above, spouses can live under the same roof but they must live apart by sleeping in separate bedrooms or form the intention to separate, and keep separate households i.e. did not cook, clean or iron clothes for each other.
If you would like to find out more details about separation, please contact our lawyers us at 8780-2499 for more details.
在新加坡，离婚的唯一理由是配偶之间的关系“无可挽回地破裂”。分离是婚姻无可挽回地破裂的最后一个例子，我们将在这篇文章中探讨。
《妇女宪章》（第61章）下的分居：
根据《妇女宪章》第95（d）和（e）条，规定如下：
（d） 在紧接提交令状之前，您和您的配偶已连续分居至少 3 年，并且您的配偶同意批准离婚判决
（e） 你能够证明你的配偶在紧接提交令状之前已经分居至少连续4年“（配偶不必同意作出离婚判决）
法院必须确信配偶分居，并且财团必须进一步停止。要证明“分居”，必须满足以下条件：
1. 您和您的配偶开始分居的日期;
分居的开始只应从当事人希望使财团永久结束之时算起。
由于缺乏其他选择（例如，为了工作，出国留学）而导致的身体分居是不够的，不能计入双方分居的时间段。
2. 您和您的配偶打算开始分居的原因
3. 分离的持续时间
4. 您和您的配偶在分居期间的不同居住地址（如果知道）;和
5. 如果您和您的配偶在分居期间一直住在同一个屋檐下的不同家庭中，请详细说明您和您的配偶如何生活在不同的家庭中。
分居是关键因素
从上面可以看出，配偶可以住在同一屋檐下，但他们必须分居，睡在不同的卧室里，或者形成分居的意图，并保持分开的家庭，即不为对方做饭、清洁或熨烫衣服。
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