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Divorcing a farmer: Questions

  • 12-09-2015 9:03am
    #1
    Toby12345
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    Hi all,

    Hypothetically speaking of course:

    If a farmers wife decides to get a divorce from her farmer husband, what happens next?

    Does the wife need grounds for divorce?
    Is the wife legally entitled to half the farm?
    Who will get the house. All children are grown up and moved out.

    Would it make a difference if say the wife in question was committing adultery. And there was evidence of it. Would that information have any bearing in court or at all?
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  • #2
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Is he a dairy farmer? The answer to that question matters because no wait it's totally irrelevant what either party does for a living in divorce proceedings in Ireland.

    The idea that either party gets "half the x" is not really accurate either. It all depends on the financial status and capacity of the individuals - the court rebalances the financial impact of ending an interdependent relationship. It just happens to be the case that in Ireland, the main household income tends to come from the man in heterosexual marriages. Also, the statistics suggest that wives of rich husbands are more likely to seek divorce. Husbands are more likely to seek divorce if there's already financial instability. All of this feeds into the stereotype that men always come away from divorce as the losers.

    Basically, your question and any answers you get depend upon many different and unknowable circumstances.


  • #3
    Dial Hard
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    Toby12345 wrote:
    Would it make a difference if say the wife in question was committing adultery. And there was evidence of it. Would that information have any bearing in court or at all?


    It matters not a jot, all divorces in Ireland are considered "no fault".


  • #4
    haveringchick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭haveringchick


    It won't make any difference that the man is a farmer or that the woman is having a relationship outside the marriage or that their is apparently evidence of this.
    If you think that your marriage is in trouble and you can see no way of repairing it and your worried about your farm and your property then you would get comfort and proper advice and information from a well experienced solicitor.


  • #5
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Toby12345 wrote: »
    Is the wife legally entitled to half the farm?

    If we are talking about a situation where the wife is being offered an unencumbered home and reasonable maintenance and if children will be properly provided for, I think that courts may be slow to order sale of the farm, being an income producing asset.

    If circumstances differ from the above, perhaps sale of assets may be necessary.

    All of the circumstances must be taken into account.

    Hard to give specific answer regarding non-specific circumstances but such is the nature of legal discussion within the limits of the hypothetical.


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