SINGAPORE, May 27 -- A Singapore court has rejected a divorced father's attempt to compel his ex-wife to send their two children to a church camp, with a judge warning against using the courts to enforce one parent's religious preferences over another's objections.

In a judgment published yesterday, District Judge Kow Keng Siong said the court should remain neutral in family disputes involving religion, identity and conscience, according to CNA.

"In family disputes touching on religion, identity and conscience, judicial restraint is often the wiser choice," Judge Kow said.

The former couple, who obtained an interim divorce judgment in January 2025, share two children - a son born in 2016 and a daughter born a year later. Both children ...