Women's Studies 2270A/B Chapter : Distribution of Marital Property and the Valuation of Domestic Labour
19 Dec 2011
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Distribution of marital property and the valuation of domestic labour. Writing for the majority, martland acknowledged that spouses who undertake a robust share of the labour involved in supporting and/or maintaining a household are entitled to an equal share of the matrimonial home upon the dissolution of the marriage. Are spouses entitled to half of the business assets that are in the other spouse s name y. In effect to, to the family farm and and business parts of which we acquired or developed during the marriage; the properties were held in the husbands name. At the original trial, it was argued that mrs. murdoch contributed only what a normal wife would do. Mrs. murdoch worked year round on the farm (and for five months every year, she worked the farm single-handedly). Q: over the years what were your wife s activities around the ranch? . A: oh, just about what the ordinary rancher s wife does.
