: This is the sequel to my earlier judgment (reported in [1995] 1 AMR 437), wherein I directed that the parties be permitted to lead oral evidence and cross-examine each other in order that the court may finally decide what payments the respondent and co-respondent should make to satisfy the petitioner's monetary claims.

As required by r 56 of the Divorce and Matrimonial Proceedings Rules 1980 ('the Rules'), the ancillary reliefs prayed for in the petition are as follows:

(a) that the respondent pay RM1,473.25 per month as maintenance for the petitioner and her two children by the respondent;

(b) that the respondent pay a lump sum of RM135,000 to the petitioner;

(c) that the co-respondent ('Fifi') do pay RM200,000 by way of damages;

(d) that the respondent be given reasonable access to his children by the petitioner;

(e) that interest be paid at 8% per annum on the aforesaid sums of RM135,000 and RM200,000 till realization; and finally

(f) that the costs of this application be taxed and paid by the respondent to the petitioner.

The issue of access can be got out of the way immediately. From the time the petitioner left the matrimonial home in November 1988, it is