SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A High Court judge said it was “puzzling” that while a pre-existing nomination of Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings would be automatically revoked by marriage under the law, a divorce does not hold the same consequences.
Justice Lee Seiu Kin made the observation in a case where an 80-year-old man, who had been divorced for 36 years, made two unsuccessful attempts via the online CPF portal to nominate his only child as the beneficiary of the funds in his CPF account.
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