The judge also said the man’s second wife should continue to look for employment.
Family lawyers say that men can apply to stop giving spousal maintenance or reduce the sums given if there are material changes in circumstances since the maintenance order was made.– A 65-year-old retiree, who wed a woman 27 years his junior after his divorce in 2012, was recently allowed to reduce the amount of spousal maintenance he gives to his 69-year-old ex-wife by half to $600 a month.
Diagnosed with a slipped disc in 2010, she has been unemployed since 2017 as she cannot stand for long periods of time. The man said he is unable to give his wife $1,200 a month after his retirement, but he is willing to give her $600 a month for the next two years. Their son, 33, is living in the United States, pursuing a doctorate and working part-time. He graduated from Boston University, while their 29-year-old daughter graduated from University College London.
In 2022, which was the last time the man heard from his son, he transferred US$20,000 to his son. In October 2023, the ex-wife transferred about $13,700 to the son as he was “not doing well”. He said: “This would be useful for ex-husbands who intend to retire but are concerned that they are shackled to a lifelong dependency of spousal maintenance to their former wives even when they are no longer receiving any income.”Under the Women’s Charter, if the court does not state an end date for the monthly spousal maintenance to be paid, the man has to continue supporting his ex-wife until she dies or remarries, said Ms Thian Wen Yi.
The judge said the ex-wife also had limited employability and earning capacity, having been a stay-at-home mother during the marriage.
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