A man in Singapore had reported went to court after paying a woman $300,000, after she claimed that she had given birth to twins that were his.
He went to court to find out if the children even existed, seeking information about the birth and location of the twins before deciding whether he is going to sue the woman.
High Court judge Lee Seiu Kin said in his written grounds that “reality, as some say, is sometimes stranger than fiction”.
Issuing his ground on 25 May, Justice Lee explained why he allowed the man’s application for information, with the parties not named in the grounds, which briefly explains the case details.
The woman had told the man in August 2019 that she was pregnant with non-identical twins, and that over the next 2 years, she repeatedly told him that he was the father.
The twins were allegedly born in June 2020 at an unnamed hospital.
The man didn’t admit that he was the father, but still, he paid more than $314,000 to the woman for her medical expenses.
He then continued to press her for proof that the twins existed until August last year, and for her to prove that he was the father.
However, the woman only provided him with copies of alleged birth certificates, as well as a picture of two babies.
She also claimed that the twins had been sent to China, and that one of the babies was given away by her mother.
The man then searched the ICA website for birth records of the twins in October last year but couldn’t find anything.
He then proceeded to take out a court application to get the woman to provide information and documents related to the alleged babies, including information on where and when they were born, the names of the medical personnel to helped deliver the baby, as well as the people who have custody of the children.
Justice Lee added that the application was needed to allow the man to determine if he has a viable claim in unjust enrichment or deceit.
The information leading to the identification to the twins cannot be published, as ordered by another judge, including the identities of the man and woman.