Husband sued by wife for lack of sex
September 6, 2011 - 9:43AM
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Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir? The wrong answer to that question has cost one Frenchman more than $13,000.
The 51-year-old man has been successfully sued by his ex-wife, who claimed he did not have sex with her enough during 21 years of marriage.
The couple, who raised two children in the French Riviera, were granted divorce in Nice, southern France, two years ago, with the wife blaming her husband's low libido for the split.
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The divorce court ruled the husband, known only as Jean-Louis B, was "solely responsible" for the break up.
London's Telegraph reported the 47-year-old woman recently took the matter back to court to seek 10,000 euros in damages for the inactive sex life.
The woman was successful under France's civil code, which states that a married couple must share a communal life.
In a rare legal decision, the judge in the south of France's highest court in Aix-en-Provence said it meant that “sexual relations must form part of a marriage”.
The man had tried to claim health problems, tiredness and the stress of his work had stopped him from wanting to have sex during the marriage, The Daily Mail reported.
But the judge said: “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."
Read more:
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/lif...lack-of-sex-20110906-1juqw.html#ixzz1X7s4gM3S
