Divorce applications are heard by the Family Justice Courts (“FJC”) system in Singapore, and regulated by the Women’s Charter. The FJC hears all applications for divorce concerning non-Muslim marriages only. Muslim marriages are separately regulated by the Syariah Courts system. There are 2 phases to the divorce process. The purpose of the first phase is to determine whether the marital relationship has indeed broken down such that the court is justified in terminating the marriage between the spouses. At the end of the first stage, the court grants an interim judgment of divorce which signifies that parties’ marriage has ended. However, this is not the end of the divorce process.
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