A husband's care for family can be worth more than wife's
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The most valuable intangible contribution in families is the love and care that parents shower on their children.
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SINGAPORE - Some men believe the matrimonial law favours women - it is named the Women's Charter after all - but a recent ruling suggests the scales of justice are in balance when the merits of a case are weighed up.
The Court of Appeal verdict found that a husband's effort in caring for the family was worth more than his wife's - an outcome that points to the judiciary's blindness to gender, lawyers say.
