Part 3/8:
The Case of a Stay-at-Home Mother
A vivid example discussed involved a woman who had invested 24 years in her husband's career as a stay-at-home mom. Despite accruing minimal assets at the time of divorce, she argued that she should have been entitled to more given the significant income her husband had earned. Her assertion was supported by the argument that the efforts she made as a homemaker substantially contributed to her husband’s success.
She framed her narrative around the substantial income her husband generated during their marriage, while upon divorce, she left with limited assets—a situation some argue unjustly disadvantages wives who dedicate their lives to managing the family.