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elainemarleneforbes — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:31:06 -0400

Under the law of Ontario Canada gifts from a third party are excluded from equalization of net family property. However support can be ordered payable from gifts. That is if a family organizes itself by living from a trust fund or gifts from third parties then it is possible to consider that as income for the purpose of calculating at least child support, and I would argue spousal support. Saying that the peron who "decides not to work" takes the risk does not make you the bad guy but rather naive, short sighted, shallow and childish. Familes are not room mates. Families work and have continued to work by different parties contributing in different ways. This has served us well. Grandmas contibute by making cookies, babysitting and knitting shawls. Some contribute by bringing income into the home. Some contribute by c aring for the home making sure there is nutritious food, clean clothes and not covered with dust. That is providing the infrastructure permitting others to go out and work. When the family breaks down if the one who happens to be bringing in the money or the one who owns the property keeps it for himself this is obviously inappropriate and unfair. it is a little like someone in the middle of a ball game taking the ball and leaving the game when they happen to have it. The income stream and property belongs to the family as a whole. If everyone just keeps what they happen to have in their hands when the family breaks down then each person will be worrying only about themselves during the relationship. "Take little Joey to the dentist no way i need to make money so I am not taking the risk of not earning money." "Move with you so you can get the promotion No way I am not taking the risk of sacrificing for you if it doesn' work out" "Visit your family for the holidays No way I am not taking the risk of ditching my friends as I might need them when the marriage is over" "Pooling our resources so we can own a house no way, its my money I am keeping it' Marriages work and families work because each person works for the benefit of the whole. if every one is positioning themselves to be in the strongest position when the music stops rather than "assuming the risk" of sacrificing for the family then married life, family life and society becomes nasty brutish and short.

Homemaker Loses Out in Settlement

Naomi Dunne — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:00:02 -0400

Women's rights activists are up in arms about a contentious divorce case in Tennessee that may result in the local marital property laws to be changed. According to an article in Tennessean.com, "a wage-earning husband gets to keep $1.7 million in stock. His homemaker wife gets nothing."

Okay, I admit, when we're talking about the rights of the stay-at-home spouse — and let's face it, while many husbands including my own are starting to stay home, it's generally the wife — and there are a few million dollars in play, I can see why people are getting concerned. Some are suggesting that if this settlement goes through as is, it could be precedent setting and go against state laws.

But, and there's a really big but, I don't think that this case has anything to do with the wife being a homemaker. The court says that the husband is being allowed to keep the stock and not share it because all he did was hold it after receiving it as a gift from his father. Her employment status is irrelevant.

In my opinion — and I know this is going to make me the bad guy — when you decide not to work, you take a risk. A gift given to one individual is just that — a gift with only one intended recipient. If Daddy had given him a cheese knife, is she entitled to half of that, too?

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