Spain: a man was sentenced to pay his ex-wife for more than two decades of domestic work

A man, originally from Spain, will have to pay his ex-wife for more than two decades of domestic work. The woman will be “compensated with 204,624.86 euros, quantifying said amount by applying the Minimum Interprofessional Salary in each year since 1996,” says the sentence handed down on February 15 in a court in Vélez-Málaga (Southern Andalusia).

The woman’s defense specified that the calculation period ran from June 1995 to December 2020, which results in 24 and a half years.

Also read: They dismembered an international model and found her head in a soup pot

The economic compensation that the man must pay is very high. (Photo: Adobe Stock).

In the trial it was proven that this woman, who is also the mother of two daughters and married under a separate property regime, dedicated herself “essentially to working at home” since she got married, “that is, taking care of the home and the family with all that this implies”, justifies the sentence. In addition, according to the ruling, the man must also pay a monthly alimony for his daughters.

In an interview, the woman explained that her husband “did not want me to work outside the home”, although she did help him work in the gyms that he owned, in charge of “public relations, acting as a monitor, in end, everything he could”.

Also read: Massive protests and strikes in France against the pension reform promoted by Emmanuel Macron

In addition to that, the woman told the media that she dedicated herself “exclusively to housework, to taking care of my husband, to taking care of the house.” She also commented: “My ex-husband forced me to have the specific role of housework and to be in a margin where he could not move much.”

“(I am) very happy because I think the sentence has been well deserved,” she concluded.