Spousal maintenance does not include career-related losses, court rules

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Judge says divorce or separation is ‘neither a lottery windfall nor a revenue-generating exercise’.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/07/29/spousal-maintenance-does-not-include-career-related-losses-court-rules  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/07/29/kerugian-berkait-kerjaya-tak-termasuk-nafkah-pasangan-putus-mahkamah  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://Ábit.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 #Divorce #Separation #HighCourt

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00:00The High Court dismissed a wife's application for interim spousal maintenance, finding her

00:06claim was based on compensation for career setbacks rather than legitimate financial

00:11need under family law. Justice Everill Marriott Peters described the wife's attempt as disingenuous

00:17and said divorce is neither a lottery windfall nor a revenue generating exercise. The couple,

00:24married since 1987 with three adult children, co-founded a highly successful company where the

00:29wife played an active management role until 2018. The wife's original claim for maintenance was

00:35rejected in 2023 and she renewed it after the husband filed for divorce. Peters ruled the wife

00:41did not meet the means and needs threshold citing her steady income, earning capacity,

00:46and financial independence. The court noted that her claim focused on lost salary bonuses and EPF

00:52contributions, framing it as compensation for career-related losses rather than traditional

00:58spousal support. Peters stressed that the law does not preserve a luxurious lifestyle post-divorce

01:04but only prevents unjust hardship and the wife's claim lacked documentation of actual expenses

01:09or proof of financial dependency.

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