Judge Orders Man to Pay Ex-Wife $179,000 for 27 Years of Housework

An Argentina man has been ordered by a judge to pay his former wife about $179,000 in compensation after she quit her career to look after their children.
Judge Orders Man to Pay Ex-Wife $179,000 for 27 Years of Housework
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Isabel van Brugen
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An Argentina man has been ordered by a judge to pay his former wife about $179,000 in compensation after she quit her career to look after their children and do household chores during their 29-year marriage.

The 70-year-old woman, identified as M.L., has an economics degree but the judge ruled she was too old to find a new job when her husband left her.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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