Divorce Cases Awarded Shared Care and Control of Children

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for each of the years from 2015 to date, what is the respective breakdown of the number and percentage of divorce cases where shared care and control of the children is awarded.

Mr Desmond Lee: There were 119 and 161 divorce cases where shared care and control was awarded in 2015 and 2016 1 respectively, which were 3.0% and 4.1% of the total number of divorces with care and control orders made for the respective years 2 .

Note(s) to Question No(s) 33:

1 Data on care and control from 2017 are not yet available.

2 Figures are by the year of final judgment granted (under the Women’s Charter) and year of divorce registered (under the Administration of Muslim Law Act).