Does a wife who has not pursued her career pursue her career and instead has stayed home to care for the home and the children suffer permanent economic disadvantage from the marriage?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from K.D.B. v. A.D.B., 2001 ABQB 295 (CanLII):

In Moge v. Moge, supra, L’Heureux-Dube, J., suggested that where the wife has not pursued her career and instead has stayed home to care for the home and the children, she may suffer permanent economic disadvantage from the marriage. At p. 862 she commented: Once the marriage dissolves, the kinds of non-monetary contributions made by the wife may result in significant marked disabilities. The sacrifices she has made at home catch up with her and the balance shifts in favour of the husband who has remained in the workforce and focuses his attention outside the home. In effect, she is left in a diminished earning capacity and may have conferred upon her husband an embellished one.

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