Tell me if this is fair.
By manong05
@manong05 (5027)
Philippines
January 24, 2007 9:47pm CST
It was on yesterday's paper. A man left his wife and married another woman. He bought the woman real estate properties and a house all in their names as Mr. & Mrs. In ten years of being together they have made to themselves fortunes. One day the man died. All the properties were transferred to her name. When the first wife found out, she made a claim that all properties belong to her. She won, the court awarded everything to her on the basis of conjugal property principle. The second marriage is null and void and that the first marriage is still binding. The second wife didn't get anything, not even a single cent inspite of all her labor and dedication. Isn't this a little unfair?
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3 responses
@jinkson_unoh (186)
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
Literally, it's really unfair considering the second wife is the last person who lived with the man. But as far as law is concern, the decision of the court is still fair. Since the first wife is still the legal one. And she has the right to all the properties that her husband left since they were filed under conjugal status. And because of this, the second wife has no single right to appeal.
@samtaylorskykierajen (7977)
• Canada
25 Jan 07
I have never heard of such a thing and that doesn't seem quite fair at all . If he left her then she was no longer his wife the second one was . Where do they come up with these strange laws that are not fair . According to this if you get married for the rest of your life you are tied to someone you don't even care about anymore yet you are intitled to a divorce . That means nothing if you die .
@XxAngelxX (2830)
• Canada
25 Jan 07
That is definitely unfair. Some people are just so greedy! If the second marriage was not valid, then she was still entitled to something afterall she spent several years with this man and worked hard I imagine to amass a fortune with her who-she-believed-to-be husband. If nothing else, I think it should have been split if the first wife was entitled to anything.
