A court in Spain has determined that a 48-year-old lady would be paid 204,000 (about $215,000) by her ex-husband as compensation for doing unpaid housekeeping during their marriage.
According to iNews and the Spanish language newspaper El Pais, Ivana Moral will get a monthly annuity of €500 (about $528) from her ex-husband, from whom she filed for divorce in 2020.
According to the media, the entire amount for the pension was set by a Málaga judge based on the minimum monthly professional pay for the 25 years the couple was married.
According to iNews, her ex-husband, who was not named in the court judgement, has been ordered to pay €400 (£356) and €600 (£533) to their two kids, who are now 20 and 14. He is anticipated to file an appeal.
Moral said she “exclusively” handled the couple’s housework during their marriage, reported EuroNews
She also argued that during that time, she could not pursue her own career because of “her exclusive dedication to the home and family,” while her ex-husband “accumulated and exponentially increased his assets,” the outlet reports.
Moral’s ex, on the other hand, created a thriving gym business, allowing him to finance costly expenditures, according to iNews.
According to the site, Moral said her ex also refused to pay for one of their daughter’s studies when she turned 16.
“Clearly this was a case of abuse to be completely excluded financially (by my ex-husband) with nothing left after my marriage ended, so me and my daughters were left with nothing after all these years of putting all my time, energy and love in the family,” Moral told the outlet.
“I was supporting my husband in his work and in the family as a mother and a father,” she added. “I was never allowed access to his financial affairs; everything was in his name.”
“This ruling represents the labour of all the women in the shadows and who, without a doubt, constitute a fundamental support in personal, marital, and familiar terms during years and years so that the ex-husband could develop his professional career and a rise in wealth which at the moment of separation could not share,” Moral’s attorney, Marta Fuentes, told iNews.
“So he could get on in his career, she stayed at home to look after the children, and they never contacted anyone to help her,” she continued. “She was his shadow, working behind [him] so he could rise professionally and become someone.”