Frenchman ordered to pay wife damages for lack of sex

[Jazzy]

A Frenchman has been ordered to pay his ex-wife £8,500 in damages for failing to have enough sex with her during their marriage.



The 51-year-old man was fined under article 215 of France’s civil code, which states married couples must agree to a “shared communal life”.



A judge has now ruled that this law implies that “sexual relations must form part of a marriage”.



The rare legal decision came after the wife filed for divorce two years ago, blaming the break-up on her husband’s lack of activity in the bedroom.



A judge in Nice, southern France, then granted the divorce and ruled the husband named only as Jean-Louis B. was solely responsible for the split.



But the 47-year-old ex-wife then took him back to court demanding 10,000 euros in compensation for “lack of sex over 21 years of marriage”.



The ex-husband claimed “tiredness and health problems” had prevented him from being more attentive between the sheets.



But a judge in the south of France’s highest court in Aix-en-Provence ruled: “A sexual relationship between husband and wife is the expression of affection they have for each other, and in this case it was absent.



“By getting married, couples agree to sharing their life and this clearly implies they will have sex with each other.”



Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ered-to-pay-wife-damages-for-lack-of-sex.html



Question: What are your thoughts on this legal decision?

 

[Cranos]

Ehh, I agree with what the judge said about sex, but to demand money for it is going a bit overboard... Besides, you're with the 2 of you in that situation, it's never just the one person's fault.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

This has to be the most rediculous thing I've seen in a while. Gotta love the legal system.

 

[Jazzy]

I can't believe they have a law for this in France!

 

[Evil Eye]

Ehh, I agree with what the judge said about sex, but to demand money for it is going a bit overboard... Besides, you're with the 2 of you in that situation, it's never just the one person's fault.

I can't believe they have a law for this in France!

They don't, that law states they have to agree to be together... I suppose that's open enough to interpretation

 

[Flurry]

Lmfao, wow! Poor guy!

 

[DrLeftover]

'They' have a law for this in the US as well.



If you injure a spouse in an accident to where they cannot fulfill their 'marital obligations' the other spouse can file a damage claim against you.



Now, having said that, I'll say this.



If this had been in the US, and the other way around, it would have been thrown out of court.

 

[Bluezone777]

Umm.... may I ask why it took this woman 21 years to figure it out that just maybe the sex or lack thereof was going to be a problem? You think you figure this out in months not years so to me it just looks like a gold digger to me and unfortunately the law has decided to help her make money off of her own stupidity for sticking to a marriage that was going nowhere.

 

[seasidemike]

leave it to the French...