Agreement for husband to have mistress during marriage valid, court rules

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Such agreements hold statutory recognition under Section 56 of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, High Court judge says.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/04/18/agreement-for-husband-to-have-mistress-during-marriage-valid-court-rules/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Agreement #Mistress #Valid

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00:00 A post-nuptial agreement between a business tycoon and his Singapore-born wife, which

00:06 allows him to keep a mistress during their marriage, has been declared as valid.

00:11 The Kuala Lumpur High Court said the couple, whose identities were anonymized, entered

00:15 into the accord in August 1997, a month after their union.

00:20 Justice Everill Marriott-Peters said such agreements between non-Muslim spouses hold

00:24 statutory recognition under Section 56 of the Law Reform, Marriage and Divorce Act,

00:30 1976.

00:32 The wife, who petitioned for divorce, argued that the agreement was not enforceable as

00:36 she had executed it in ignorance and under pressure and duress.

00:41 However, Peters rejected her plea of ignorance, noting that she had signed the agreement in

00:46 the presence of witnesses and initialed every page.

00:49 The judge also said the wife was not entitled to rely on Section 54(1)(a) of Act 1976 to

00:56 cite adultery as the cause of the breakdown of their marriage, as she had tolerated the

01:00 husband's infidelity.

01:02 She filed for divorce, seeking maintenance for herself and two children, equal division

01:07 of matrimonial assets, and damages from a correspondent identified as Jen, accused of

01:12 adultery with her husband, leading to the marriage's breakdown.

01:15 (upbeat music)

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