Court orders Spaniard to pay ex-wife for housework arrears

ALBAWABA - A Spanish court ordered a man to pay his ex-wife €200,000 ($218,300) for 25 years of housework arrears.

The verdict was issued based on the minimum wage throughout their marriage, court documents showed.

The court said the woman had dedicated herself "to essentially working in the house, which meant looking after the home, family and all that is involved." 

The two have two daughters from their marriage, which was governed by a separation of property regime. It specified that each partner owns what he or she individually earn. That would have left the wife with no access to any of the wealth acquired through the years of partnership with her former spouse.

Legal papers showed a breakdown of what the woman would have earned annually for the period of her marriage between June 1995 and December 2020.