Friday, May 1, 2009

May Day Money

Wife has 800,000 secrets

A woman keeps $800,00 that she had earned before her marriage a secret from her husband in a private account.  She is now suing the bank because they called her residence and told her husband to move the money to a different account, and she claims she had to pay her husband $155,000 to keep marital bliss in the home.  She also claims that her husband has spending problems.  

The question is not about suing the bank, because they illegally disclosed information to a third party; the legal aspects weigh in the wife's favor.  The money is also not marital property, so legally, the wife is allowed to keep her secret.  But there is a debate on if the wife was morally obligated to disclose the bank account and its contents to her husband.

What do you think?