When you can't afford a divorce, just split the assets!

A Cambodian couple split their assets by dividing their house in two because a lawful divorce is too expensive and lengthy in the Kingdom.

The cause of their separation? The husband felt that the wife should take care of him during his illness and when she refused, they split the house.

The picture is from the Post

From the Phnom Penh Post

Cheach commune chief Vorng Morn said the couple did not separate over anything "big", only the small problem of the husband feeling his wife had not cared for him when he became ill.

"His wife said that if her husband got sick and stayed at home, she was made to pay for his medicine, but if he stayed at his parent's house, she wouldn't have to pay. So they separated," he said.

"We tried to persuade them to think clearly before they did this because they had been married for nearly 40 years," Vorng Morn added. "But they did not listen."
The couple also decided to divide their land into four parts; two for their son and daughter, and two for them.

It's perfectly legal to split the house but it doesn't constitute a divorce.