May 20, 2009

Marriage )= Or (=

Today is the third day Vivio has her internship in law firm. Has been dealing with numerous litigation case especially regarding matrimonial matters. Human, they are just weird - deeply falling in love, excitingly getting married, merrily gifted with kids, happily living for few years, miserably gone through quarrels then pathetically petition for divorce and custody of the kids and lastly, greedily asking for maintenance.

I was being assigned a divorce case where our client, a 60years old man wanted to file petition for divorce with his 49years old wife. I seriously do not understand the reason of divorcing at that age. Usually, husband and wife at this age, no matter how bad they quarreled, how much they hate each other,they'll somehow still live together for the rest of their life. The first thought that came across my mind on this case is :-Does this oldman plans to remarry?? Or he just do not want the wife to get any of his property when he is dead?? Haha^^

Another task of mine is on fighting the rights of custody. My master told me most man out of the reason of ego would want at least the care and control of the kids due to the main reason of fearing the change of surname on their children when the wife remarry. How pathetic is this. I do curious is it that important to keep your surname on your children when you do not even bother much about his/her upbringing anymore. *sigh*

I thought marriage is a decision that you had vowed for life but it seems to me that I'm living in Utopia if to say that nowadays. What I don't understand is if you do not plan to be with that person for life, why you get married at the first instance?? Perhaps some people just love to provide business opportunity for the lawyers.

Maybe, people just get married because:-
Or :-

Or :-

P/S : This picture is the biggest as it signifies the most frequent reason tat contributes to marriage!!~ Haha^^

Parents used to have lots of children; now children have lots of parents - Guro Hansen Helskog

4 comments:

Yangkee said...

it seems as we grow older, we're being shown the most realistic parts of our lives .. its just a matter of principles and to what level of faith you hold in order to immortalize your marriage in the future ...

ArchDyeu said...

I can understand why dads seek custody, to retain the family name. Thats the only visible thing that the dads are passing on, the mark of his family tree continuing, the survival of the name.

Besides, upon divorce, dads have to pay alimony and child support, doesnt that count as part of the upbringing, so why cant dads ask for control of the kids?

Then again, divorce itself is just too sad. But when a pair is no longer compatible, thats the remaining solution....

Vi Vio Violet~ said...

Yang, but what I can see now is - things arent just about principles and faith anymore..Its people never really understand the meaning of marriage!!~

Stephen, It is not necessary dad is d 1 who pay alimony and child support. It depends on which party of the marriage seeks for divorce, grounds for divorce and also whether the dad has income. If the man is not working, the wife on the other hand have to pay the husband -.-!!

Most case, dad don't really bother to obtain the care and control of the child, some din even want to pay neither the wife planning to get a penny from the husband BUT the man just want the kids to retain the family name.So, does it really matter to retain the family name when the dad had totally ignored his responsible as a dad??

ArchDyeu said...

It goes hand in hand, if the dad seek for control and care, he has to pay child support, hence why cant the name be retained? And this is part of his responsibility as well, the dad is not a good dad (almost scum if you ask me...), but atleast he's doing something rather than those who jus run away....

Besides, you're right anyway, it is mostly because of ego. Men in nature are conquerors, and must leave their mark behind.