Court orders man to pay divorced wife over N3million for five years house chores she did

A Chinese man has been ordered by a court to pay over three million Naira($7,700) in compensation to his ex-wife for the housechores she did during their five years marriage which just ended.

Wang, a homemaker, demanded restitution equivalent to $24,700 from her husband after he filed for divorce at a district court in Beijing in October.

Wang said she was the only one who always took care of their child and housework, as her husband “barely cared about or participated in any kind of domestic chores,” the state-run China National Radio (CNR) reported.

In its ruling, the court ordered the husband to pay Wang around $7,700 as “housework compensation,” after splitting their joint property equally. The right to seek housework compensation in divorce proceedings is not new in Chinese law.

The couple got married in 2015 but separated three years later.

In a new civil code that came into effect last month in the country, a person may seek compensation from their partner during a divorce if they were the main person who took care of the children or elderly parents, or did most of the unpaid household work. The amount should be negotiated, but if it doesn’t work out then it will be decided by then  court.

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