JUDGMENT

Amarjeet Singh Serjit Singh JC:

Introduction

[1] On 30 June 2021, I dismissed the petitioner husband's ("PH") summons in chambers dated 17 June 2020 (encl 16) to vary the order of court dated 3 January 2017 ("the 2017 order") that was made in the above mentioned joint petition. The application was made pursuant to ss 83 and 96 of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 ("the LRA") respectively where it is claimed that there has occurred a material change in circumstances affecting the "custody" and "maintenance" terms of the 2017 order.

[2] The reasons for my decision are as follows.

The Application

The Present Order

[3] The 2017 order in paragraph (a) dissolved the marriage between the PH and the petitioner wife ("PW") and decree nisi was subsequently made absolute. The 2017 order as it presently stands contain the following terms which were jointly agreed by both parties:

(i) that the PW be granted custody of the two children, both girls, of the marriage (paragraph (b)) with reasonable access to the PH (paragraph (c));

(ii) that the PW continues to live at the matrimonial home with the two children (paragraph (d)), the PH continues to pay the monthly instalment of RM1,20