England:Couple's brief marriage meant husband should have smaller divorce pay-out in landmark ruling

[snookypookums]

[QUOTE][B]Couples who divorce after only a brief marriage can no longer expect to have their assets split equally by default following an appeal court ruling.[/B]

Energy trader Julie Sharp, 44, successfully challenged a ruling that her former husband was entitled to half of the fortune she built up during their four year marriage.

She argued that "because this was a short marriage he should not get half of the matrimonial pot".

The Court of Appeal ruled in her favour, concluding that the £2.725 million payout previously awarded to Robin Sharp, an IT consultant, should be reduced to £2 million.[/QUOTE]

[URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/13/couples-divorcing-short-marriage-may-no-longer-have-assets-split/[/URL]

[SKS]

Doesn't make much sense to be honest, I'm not a fan of splitting wealth where it's undue but if [I]any[/I] wealth should be considered worthy of splitting it should we wealth accrued while the couple was together, as it's arguable that the existence of the spouse assisted in getting that wealth in the first place.

[Del91]

I mean I wouldn't be too upset if I was still getting 2 million

[Lord Fear]

[I]Four[/I] years is a short marriage? I was expecting it to be just a few months. Four years isn't that short IMO

[Shirt.]

[QUOTE=Lord Fear;52357879][I]Four[/I] years is a short marriage? I was expecting it to be just a few months. Four years isn't that short IMO[/QUOTE]

for the concept of marriage its a blink of an eye.

[Lord Fear]

[QUOTE=Shirt.;52357899]for the concept of marriage its a blink of an eye.[/QUOTE]

Well yeah. But I could understand if it was an obvious money grab by marrying them and then a few months later divorcing.
Four years is still a commitment. A lot can change in your life in four years.

[ramkeham]

[quote]The judges heard that the Sharps had a "four-year marriage to separation", during which time they had no children and [B]kept their finances separate.[/B][/quote]

A pretty important part to mention

[mak13two]

dude still got away with a cool 2 mil though.