Court of Appeal finds 2011 marriage of convenience valid, wife stands to inherit half of late husband's estate
The marriage took place before changes to the law dictated that marriages of convenience solemnised on or after Oct 1, 2016 are void.
In Singapore, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a marriage of convenience from 2011 is valid, allowing the wife to inherit half of her late husband's estate. The Vietnamese wife, Ms Dang Lan Anh, was married to Mr Cheng Meng Koon before the 2016 law change that made such marriages void. The marriage took place before this change, and courts cannot retroactively apply the new law to invalidate it.
The only son of Mr Cheng, Mr Cheng Tze Tzuen, sought to declare the marriage void and exclude his mother from his father's estate. However, the Court of Appeal found that they cannot declare a marriage void based on improper motives. The court dismissed the appeal but did not rule on the distribution of Mr Cheng's assets.
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