What’s a Wife Worth?

What’s a wife worth? What’s a wife worth in a marriage that started with zero assets but after thirty years of marriage has assets of about $100 million, which came from the husband’s earnings and stock options? What’s the “equitable distribution” at the time of divorce of that approximately $100 mi...

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Published inInside the American Couple p. 174
Main Author Myra H. Strober
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States University of California Press 15.11.2023
Edition1
Subjects
Family & relationships
Gender studies
Social & cultural anthropology
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Summary:What’s a wife worth? What’s a wife worth in a marriage that started with zero assets but after thirty years of marriage has assets of about $100 million, which came from the husband’s earnings and stock options? What’s the “equitable distribution” at the time of divorce of that approximately $100 million when, during most of the marriage, the wife has been a full-time homemaker, mother, and corporate wife? In other words, how should we think about valuing women’s unpaid, invisible work? In the 1996 Connecticut divorce case of Wendt v. Wendt, the facts were precisely those I just described. Since
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