GSP165 Tutor Marked Assignment Questions for SUSS University Students – Women’s Charter

Question 1
Name the two (2) formalities that must be present before a marriage can be validly formed under the Women’s Charter?

Question 2
(i) In order for a person to enter into a valid marriage, he or she must have the capacity to marry. Name any three (3) elements of capacity that are required for a valid marriage under the Women’s Charter.

(ii) Is it possible for a person under the age of 18 to marry? Please explain one condition that is required for such a marriage to be valid.

Question 3
(1)(i) Priscilla Xavier is married to Ken Tan. She was called “Mrs Priscilla Tan” after her marriage. Priscilla does not want to be called Mrs Tan any longer. Is it possible for her to change her surname back to her own surname as it was before her marriage? Please explain.

(ii) Is she obliged to take on her husband’s domicile? Please explain your answer.

(2) Ken is Priscilla’s husband. He says that he need not pay for the household expenses or the expenses of the children or Priscilla because he was unemployed. Ken argues that he was unable to find a job that suited his qualifications and was to his liking. Assume that Priscilla is a housewife and that their 3 sons are attending school. Is Ken’s argument correct? Please explain your view.

(3) Can Priscilla ask the Court to order Ken to pay maintenance for their children? Name any three (3) factors that the Court would consider in making the maintenance order for the children.

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Question 4
What is the ground that a party may cite for a divorce?

Question 5
Name any two (2) supporting facts that would be evidence for the irretrievable breakdown of marriage under the Women’s Charter.

Question 6
Please state whether the following statements are true or false.

	Statement	True or False?
1	Any person who is 21 years old or older, and who is of sound mind, may make a Will.
2	If I am a soldier in active military service (i.e., fighting in a war), and I am 20 years old, I am allowed to make a Will.
3	The person who writes a Will is called the Testator.
4	If I intend to make a Will, I must wait until I have at least $10,000 in my bank account.
5	A married man can only make a Will leaving all his assets to his wife and children.
6	A person who is below 21 years of age (who is not a soldier in active service or a mariner) may make a Will.
7	If I make a Will, and then, subsequently I get married, then my Will is revoked by my subsequent marriage.
8	If a person dies intestate, his assets will be taken over by the State.
9	A person who dies without leaving a valid Will is called an ‘Intestate’.
10	A witness may sign a Will one or two days after the Testator has signed the Will, so long as he knows what the Testator’s signature looks like.

Question 7
(1) What are the qualifications that a person must have before he can make a Will?

(2) Tom & Jerry owns a house as joint tenants. Tom makes a Will, leaving all his assets to Tweety. Tom suddenly dies unexpectedly. Who will inherit Tom’s share of the house – Jerry or Tweety? Please explain why.

Question 8
Joshua made a Will in 1984 leaving all his assets to his mother, Christine. He married Kate in the year 1990. Joshua passed away in 1996. Will his mother, Christine, or his wife, Kate, inherit his assets? Please assume that he had no children at the time of his death.

Question 9
Give brief answers to the following:
(i) Can I make a Will to direct who will inherit my CPF monies?

(ii) If Jim, aged 50, and his wife, Maggie, aged 51, are found dead in an aeroplane crash, whom does the law presume would have died first?

University	Singapore University of Social Science (SUSS)
Subject	Law

GSP165 – Women’s Charter Rules for Marriage | TMA Assignments | SUSS University, Singapore

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