marriages & divorces

​The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) have concluded our assessment of all the feedback received, via a six-week- long public consultation, on the recommendations submitted by the Committee to Review and Enhance Reforms in the Family Justice System (RERF Committee) in September 2019. There was wide support for many of the recommendations, especially in the areas of early support for couples facing divorce, and enhancements to the family justice system.

​Section 126 of the Women’s Charter allows the Court to make a care and control order subject to any conditions as it thinks fit to impose, including the place where the child is to reside. 

​The Ministry of Social and Family Development has appointed two new Divorce Support Specialist Agencies (DSSAs) – Thrive Parenting! and Healing Hearts @ Fei Yue – to better support families undergoing divorce with specialised services and programmes. 

​The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) have received recommendations from the Committee to Review and Enhance Reforms in the Family Justice System (RERF Committee).

 Students from three Institutes of Higher Learning are exploring how to redesign the interior of the 36-year-old building that houses the Registries of Civil and Muslim Marriages (ROM and ROMM) at Fort Canning.​

​MOS answers questions by Ms Anthea Ong, NMP and Mr Mohamed Irshad, NMP on transnational marriages in Singapore.

​Minister answers question by Mr Mohamed Irshad, NMP on measures to strengthen the institution of marraige among young couples.

Keynote address by Mr Desmond Lee, Minister for Social and Family Development, at the Family Justice Practice Forum, 2 Oct​

​Minister Desmond Lee shared the broad areas that the inter-agency committee tasked to Review and Enhance Reforms in the Family Justice System (RERF) has been studying and will be consulting stakeholders on.