A woman has been awarded a whopping €200,000 in court after a judge decided she should be paid for the 25 years of unpaid housework she did before her marriage broke up.
Ivana Moral told the court she was a stay-at-home wife who cleaned, cared for her husband, and raised two daughters for 25 years and said she made sure the house was "always impeccable".
Judge Laura Ruiz Alaminos was conducting a hearing at a court in Malaga, Spain, and ordered Ivana'a ex-husband to pay her €204,624.86 based on the minimum wage of the work completed, reports Nuis Diario.
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Her ex was also ordered to pay her an ongoing pension of €500 a month as well as paying €403 and €603 to his two daughters, who are now aged 20 and 14.
Ivana said she was unable to work during their marriage and was only getting money from her husband as she undertook housework and looked after the family with no payment.
She said she had been unable to build a career as a result but revealed that she signed a type of prenup before the marriage in 1995, allowing her husband to keep all his money.
The court heard that in part thanks to his wife taking care of all the household and family duties 'for free', the husband was able to build a successful gym business that allowed him to buy a Porsche Cayenne, a Range Rover 4×4 and a number of BMW motorbikes.
He also bought a 70-hectare olive oil farm, which was valued at €4m (£3,565,000).
At age 16 the couple's eldest daughter had to start working to pay for her education.
Ivana asked for a divorce in 2020 and was initially awarded half of their house but nothing more.
Marta Fuentes, Ivana's lawyer, said: “This ruling represents the labour of all the women in the shadows and who, without a doubt, constitute a fundamental support in personal, marital, and familiar terms during years and years so that the ex-husband could develop his professional career and a rise in wealth which at the moment of separation could not share."
Ivana told the i: "My daughters and I were left with nothing after all these years of putting all my time, energy and love in the family.
"I was supporting my husband in his work and in the family as a mother and a father."
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