S’porean Man’s Notice Disowning His Children Is Reportedly Not Legally Binding
Family disputes happen all the time.
But it isn’t every day that you see an announcement being published on the newspaper about a parent disowning his kids.
Yet one such notice was seen on the Thursday (8 Aug) edition of The Straits Times. The announcement has gone viral and shared on several Facebook pages.
Here’s the announcement in full:
Man disowns son and daughter on the newspaper
According to the announcement, Mr Poon has decided to “disown and disinherit” his son and daughter, with immediate effect.
Mr Poon’s parents – aka the disowned’s grandparent – are doing likewise.
In particular, they stated in the announcement that the pair “did not and shall not” have the rights to represent their father and grandparents when it comes to any contract, agreements and/or other commercials.
They, however, did not mention the events which led to this dispute.
The announcement was posted on page C3 of Thursday (8 Aug)’s edition of The Straits Times.
The same notice was also published on Lianhe Zaobao in Chinese.
The announcement is not legally binding
According to Lianhe Zaobao, Mr Poon and his parents were directors and shareholders of a packaging company that has since closed down.
Mr Poon later also served as director of a plastics company from 1987 to 2004.
A lawyer interviewed by Lianhe Zaobao, however, shared that the announcement is not legally binding and thus have no effect in courts.
Singaporeans kaypoh and guessed what sparked the conflict
Being Singaporeans, netizens couldn’t help but kaypoh and guess the reason behind the family conflict.
The most popular reason that netizens came up was – you guessed it – money.
One netizen pointed out that the children’s mother was missing from the picture, and speculated that her absence may have caused the children to turn rebellious.
In all seriousness, the announcement sounds pretty major and we hope that the family can resolve their dispute amicably in the future.
Featured image adapted from The Straits Times and Google Maps.Â
