CB
24 May 2006, 05:32pm
It seems that the house of lords has decided that women who give up on careers to raise a family, are entiltled to more 'quality of life' compensation than women who never had career prospects.
In the first case, Julia McFarlane won a challenge to the ruling that her former husband would only have to pay her 250,000 pound annual maintenance for a limited period of time. She claimed she should receive maintenance for life and this was accepted by the Law Lords.
The couple were married for 16 years and Julia McFarlane had given up a well-paid job to raise children.
Full story is at Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-05-24T132333Z_01_L24565707_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-DIVORCE.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L3-Oddly+Enough+NewsNews-6)
In the first case, Julia McFarlane won a challenge to the ruling that her former husband would only have to pay her 250,000 pound annual maintenance for a limited period of time. She claimed she should receive maintenance for life and this was accepted by the Law Lords.
The couple were married for 16 years and Julia McFarlane had given up a well-paid job to raise children.
Full story is at Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-05-24T132333Z_01_L24565707_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-DIVORCE.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L3-Oddly+Enough+NewsNews-6)