Alice*, a bank employee in her 20s, has a three-year-old son and a husband who is an engineer. Family life seems perfect, except that she has an affair with her boss, and she is afraid that her son was fathered by her lover. She is afraid that her boss may fight for custody of her son, and has sought the help of lawyers to draw a legal agreement to stop him from trying to claim her son.

Alice*, a university graduate, was already married to her husband when she began her affair with her boss. Married life had turned out to be dull and unexciting, with her husband often returning home late because of work commitments.

In contrast, her boss, who had taken a liking to her and wooed her with dates at classy restaurants where he wined and dined her was suave and charming, and often well-dressed in his suit-and-tie ensembles. In comparison,  her husband's manners were not as polished as he spent his working hours with construction workers at work sites and had adopted their loud manners and uncouth ways. He was also not as romantic as her boss, often bringing her to eat at coffee shops and hawker centres.

She finally gave in to temptation and carried on an affair with her boss.

Not long after, she gave birth to a baby boy, whom she believed may be fathered by her boss. Afraid that her boss will want to fight for custody of her son, she approached lawyer Amolat Singh for help in inking a will to stop her boss from acknowledging the boy as his son. Her son is now three years old.

Meanwhile, her husband has no knowledge of her affair and believes that the boy is his biological son.

Lawyer Amolat Singh told Lianhe Wanbao that he has refused the woman's request, as there is no need to preempt the boss's action.

Mr Singh said he felt surprised when the woman approached him with her request. He explained to the woman that her actions were unnecessary. Instead, his advice was that the woman should end her affair with her boss as soon as possible before considering her next step.

Also, while she is worried that her boss may take action to fight for custody of her son, he does not have any suspicions about the matter. Helping the woman to draw up the will may convince that the other party the boy is his son, and he may proceed to fight for custody.

*Not her real name.

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