A man in China must pay his wife for the years of housework she did while they were married for five years, according to a decision from a Chinese divorce court.
The ruling is based on a new marriage law in China that took effect on Jan. 1, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday, Feb. 24.
“There’s a clause that says the party who takes on more work raising children, taking care of the elderly and assisting their spouses’ work is entitled to ask for compensation during divorce,” explained Zhong Wen, a divorce lawyer.
The woman, identified with the surname Wang, and her husband with the surname Chen, met in 2010 and married in 2015. They began living separately in 201…
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