Law Divorce - should it be 50% split?

lol, ok, I am German and I've also lived in France and Britain. One of my friends is half-Spanish

I hope you enjoyed your visit here in Britain

But yes, I had a great time, I'd do it again anytime I'll try and visit Britain as much as I can!

Cool. You sound like you love it here so much like those crazy Americans you hear about

Erm, shall we get back to divorces?

Indeed. But this thread has gone awfully quiet. Ah I can think of another situation. Did you hear about the divorce of Emmanuel Petit (sp)? Apparently his ex-wife tried making a claim for part of his future wages. What are your views on that? Anyone else?

No, I haven't... Could you please tell us more about that? Is he French?

Surely an ex-wife (I'm assuming he is already divorced) cannot claim part of her ex-husband's earnings in the future, there are factors that no-one can foresee. Also, why should she have a right to any money he earns after their divorce? That has nothing to do with her, has it? Unless they've got children of course... I don't know that person, what does he do for a living?

I don't think that a partner should get an equal 50:50 split because if one partner works really hard then I don't think there should ever be a situation where his partner should be able to take 50%. If they have children together then the partner with main custody who has to look after them should be paid a specific amount to look after themselves and their children but not 50%. Things like houses that were bought together should be split 50:50 but if one partner put more of the savings in then they should get more of the savings out.

Hear Hear.

Evidently with the above case mentioned some feminists applauded the decision. It makes me wonder.....

I don't get why this would be a victory for women I think it makes women look like money hungary people.

I think its blatantly unfair if one person can walk away with a huge amount of money just because their ex partner earned a lot. And the only money that a partner should recieve from the other should be to do with the care of any children they've got.