A Singapore court has dismissed a man’s attempt to have his 97-year-old father declared mentally incapable for wanting to marry his long-time mistress, with the judge saying that mental capacity should not be determined solely by age or appearance. The two had a child together, while he had three sons with his wife, whom he married in 1950. AdvertisementIn 2016, the secretary moved in with the businessman and his second son’s family. In mid-2021, the woman told the businessman’s family that she and the patriarch would be getting married on June 11 that year. AdvertisementThe businessman’s second son filed an application in the family court asking that his father be ruled mentally incompetent and therefore incapable of making independent decisions, such as marriage.