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if you are an american domiciled in singapore, dying intestate, your moveable and real property in singapore, as well as your moveable property in the us, and your moveable property in any other country, will be distributed according to singapore intestacy law but your us real property according to us intestacy law, and real property in any other country by the law of that country.
if you were an american living in singapore but still domiciled in the us, only your real property in singapore will be distributed according to singapore intestacy law, but your singapore moveable property is distributed according to us law, together with any assets (moveable or immovable) in the us.
an illegitiamte child can never have an interest in his father’s estate under the intestate succession act but, he and his issue can take in resp
ect of his mother’s intestate property as if they were born legitimate BUT ONLY if the mother has no surviving legitimate iss
however, a mother of an illegitimate child who dies intestate is entitled to take any interest she would hav ebeen entitled, as if the child had been legitimate and she were the only survivien gparent
which to dovetail with the problem i’m working on, with the rights of illegitimate children in singaproe
let’s say you’re an illegitimate child, and i use child here to mean minor child, and your biological father refuses to maintain you, under the women’s charter, you can seek a court order for maintenance just as if you were legitimate. the law is very clear on this — your biological child, your duty to maintain. it’s not the child’s fault it was born the wrong side of the blanket. we can’t have infants
let’s say your father dies, now your maintenance dries up. what rights do you have as an illegitimate child?
if he dies without making provisions for you in his will, you cannot claim, as a legitimate minor can, under the inheritance (family provision) act. (this point was the subject of a court of appeal case)
if he dies intestate, you cannot claim a share of the estate under the ISA, becuase that is only for lawful (i.e. legitimate or adopted) children) stepchildren also are excluded.
notwithstanding the fact you have all the dna tests to show paternity notwithstanding the fact that while he was alive he had been paying regular maintenance, whether voluntarily or under court order