Evrol Mariette Peters J:

Introduction

[1] This was an application ("this Application") by the Applicant-Wife seeking sole guardianship, custody, care, and control of the child in question, along with a lump sum maintenance payment of MYR1,440,000.00. She also requested that the child's name be changed. In addition, the Applicant sought custody, care and control of two frozen embryos that the Applicant-Wife and Respondent-Husband had agreed to fertilise during their marriage.

[2] In view of the privacy of the parties and sensitivity of issues in these proceedings, the Applicant, Respondent, and the child in question have been anonymised in this judgment respectively as RAH, RAL, and RAS.

The Factual Background

[3] The Applicant, 50, and the Respondent, 46 (collectively, "the Parties"), at the time of the hearing of this Application, registered their marriage in February 2009.

[4] In October 2014, the Parties mutually agreed to pursue in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment as a means to have children. During this process, three embryos were created by fertilising the Respondent's sperm with an ovum donated by the Applicant's sister. These embryos were then preserved in a frozen sta