Divorce cases rose in 2021, but the number of cases was still lower than in 2019. - Artwork from The Straits Times/ANN
SINGAPORE, March 19 (The Straits Times/ANN): Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of divorces in Singapore increased by 2 per cent from 2020 to 2021, while the number of maintenance and family violence cases dropped in the same period.
This comes on the back of an overall increase of 4 per cent in the Family Justice Courts’ (FJC) caseload last year.
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