Woman Wants to List Church as Asset in Divorce
A New York pastor and his wife are getting a divorce, and she wants the church. Well, not exactly. But, according to newsday.com, the wife believes that the church should be treated as a marital asset in their divorce.
Apparently, the couple poured more than $50,000 of their own money into starting the church, and the pastor/husband ran the operation like a business. The wife claims he spent congregation donations according to his whims and ran a catering service out of the church building.
Her divorce lawyer says that the church is no different from any other business venture, but the pastor insists he is merely a church employee, and has no right of ownership to the church.
A judge has agreed to hear arguments in the case, which could be the first divorce case ever in which a religious institution was cited as an asset in a divorce.
February 19th, 2008 at 10:48 am
That is very surprising to me.. When I give money to my church it is also an investment…in our community and in God’s work. This is called a charitable donation –NOT an assett.