Lawrence Ng Fights for Custody of Daughter
Lawrence Ng (吳啟華) is reportedly gearing up for a battle against ex-wife, Shi Yangzi (石洋子), for custody of their 6-year-old daughter. Lawrence and Yangzi were married in 2007 and had their daughter one year later. In late 2014, Lawrence announced that he and his wife had decided to split after seven years of marriage. Being 21 years apart in age, it was said that Yangzi’s marriage to Lawrence hindered her youth and career.
Although Lawrence said he and his former wife would share the custody of their daughter, recent reports alleged that Lawrence has changed his mind and is attempting to file for sole custody of their daughter. Lawrence was reportedly upset that Yangzi chose to focus more on her acting career, which resulted in neglecting their daughter.
Yangzi also reportedly has a new boyfriend, as she was spotted on a hotpot date with a young man nearly two months after her divorce with Lawrence was finalized.
Speculating that Yangzi may have plans to start a new family soon, Lawrence is afraid that their daughter is not ready to have a new stepfather yet. Sources say that Lawrence has prepared over $10 million HKD to fight for the custody rights.
In response to the rumors, Lawrence clarified that his relationship with Yangzi “is not that bad” and expressed that he and Yangzi are already divorced. He said there is nothing wrong for Yangzi to start a new relationship.
Source: udn.com
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.
From a legal standpoint, the ground for his custody suit borders the absurd. How can he prove that his ex’s efforts to reignite her acting career would negatively impact their daughter? Would he vow to stop all his career activities in the event that he wins the custody battle? This ham sup lo must be getting senile.
P.S. I like the way the article emphasizes that his ex-wife’s new beau is a “young man”.
Has this “ham sup lo” felt your bottom or something? Instead of focusing on the child’s future you have fallen to the dark side to judge the father because of his age preference in a suitable partner. Defensive Feminism at its best.
Either you have a reading disability or responding to the wrong post.
Please reread my comment and you would find it only focuses on the frivolousness of his suit. If you don’t, then the only thing I could suggest is to take a reading remedial course.
Hopefully for the child’s best interest, it is NOT ego powering the custody battle.
But whatever the justifications it’s likely it is probably the new “young man” that triggered this new round. Afterall the divorce is already finalized – if there was custody to be discussed, shouldn’t that all have been discussed and done before signing off?!?
Silly justification/argument too. Wasn’t part of the marriage breakdown bec he was always absent and away?
So his wife is an actress/budding actress. He is in the same career – does this mean he WILL have more time for his daughter?
If the mother has more or less been the primary caregiver in their daughter’s life … he has little chance unless he can prove his ex-wife is abusive or neglecting the child’ basic needs. Save the $10 million
his daughter had been in the care of maternal grandmother.
if ex-wife has a new boyfriend and he is not comfortable about daughter having a stepfather. what about him having a girlfriend and ex is not comfortable about daughter facing stepmother?
mothers should always have custody of children.
…and why is that? I know a friend whose parents are divorced, she grew up living with her mother and he mother did nothing to genuinely take care of her while growing up.her mother abused the use of alcohol a lot of the time and didn’t even know when she was home or not. She would always run away to her dads place instead though after school because she hated going home to her mother. I saw her go through depression and attempts of hurting herself. Now tell me why should her mother always have custody of the child ?
I disagree! I have seen some very devoted fathers who make sacrifices for their children as well as mothers who neglect tbeir children for other priorities. It also happens the other way around.Gender is not an indication of how good a parent one is.
If Lawrence wants custody, then he has to cut back work to allocate more time with his daughter. Same as his ex-wife. I hope this trial progresses civilly and neither party drags the other’s name through mud out of spite. Hopefully the child will be able to have both parents in her life.