[_vbnz]

Yeah, feminism has gone completely insane. At the moment of marriage all assets are divided equally in most countries, regardless of when they were obtained. And in many countries a man can even be liable for child support if his wife cheats on him.

That said a lot of countries actually have lower taxes for married couples like Germany, or separate it entirely like in Sweden.

[lotsofpulp]

>At the moment of marriage all assets are divided equally in most countries, regardless of when they were obtained.

Is this correct for European countries, UK, Australia, NZ, or Canada?

I have never heard of it for any state in the US. Typically, everything before the marriage contract is signed is not part of the community property in the marriage.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/communityproperty.asp

[bluefirebrand]

I'm pretty sure this is accurate in Canada.

Actually it's slightly worse because asset split might skew more towards the person with lesser income to make it more equitable.

So it's entirely possible you could be the primary earner for a marriage and then when the divorce happens you actually leave with less than half of what you provided.

Happened to my Dad.

[ROTMetro]

Huh? I live in a super red state in the USA. All assets you come into the marriage with remain solely yours. Anything you created together rightfully gets split as you were partners at that point, but inherited assets aren't counted in that (weren't created together). We don't have any sort of required alimony. You have to take one class to get divorced (but don't have to take it together) one time that is basically a 'think this through' to prevent a heat of the moment mistake in getting divorced. Seems correct and fair to me. Again, this is one of the redder states in the country. But we do have some pretty crazy common law marriage laws (the state's gotta make sure people aren't living in sin) though I don't know how those are enforced.

[RIMR]

If you have significant assets and marry someone without a prenuptial agreement you don't get to blame feminism for your lack of due dilligence. The default marriage contract is 50/50 of everything, and if you want different terms you need to hire a lawyer before you sign the contract.

[giraffe_lady]

Child support is an obligation to the child, the transgressions of the other parent are not a factor in it. It's not punishment it's support.

[coldtea]

The child should be supported by a minimum livable amount (part of its rent + food + education + expenses). Instead there are crazy amounts based on the lifestyle the spouse was used to.

Funnily, if you were rich and go broke, you don't get to ask welfare or an employee to give you a salary based on the "lifestyle you were used to".

[Clubber]

Sure, but in the US the courts almost always gives custody to the mother, and then the father only gets to see his kids on weekends or less, and he has to pay for the privilege in forms of said support.

[nivenkos]

I meant even in the case that man is not the child's father.

France has this law. The US has it too if the man signs the birth certificate, and there's no way to force a paternity test.

[jemmyw]

> a man can even be liable for child support if his wife cheats on him.

I mean, yeah you should support your offspring regardless of what your wife does.

[chowells]

Jesus Christ. Feminism is not the idea that women are weak and need donations from men to survive. Laws set up based on that assumption are very much not feminist.