| Please think about what you are saying for a minute. You are saying that if one of the parents sacrifices their future to care for the child, and the other does not, during a divorce, the latter does not owe the former anything. The better question is - why do you want to moat the latter parent moated from the duty of parenting so much? Or, if parenting is too complicated, here's a simple example. Bill marries Jill. Bill works, buys their food, pays their rent, pays their bills, does the housework, and pays Jill's way through medical school. Bill and Jill have no assets, because all the money went into Jill's education. Jill graduates, becomes a doctor, starts making mountains of money, meets a pretty intern, and divorces Bill. Does Jill owe Bill anything? It's the same situation as with childcare. Bill put more into maintaining the marriage/child than Jill did. Jill benefited/was harmed less during the marriage. Bill deserves compensation after the fact. Had the fruits of his labours gone into a savings account, he'd receive at least half of it on divorce. Instead, they went into developing Jill's earnings potential - so he's entitled to a share of it. Likewise, if instead of paying with money, he paid with childcare that was damaging to his career. |