Divorces: War of the Roses in the bank, 17% keep their partner's money - Lifestyle

'Pecunia non olet' and when a marriage ends in view of a divorce, common bank accounts often become a weapon for battle. In fact, over 150 thousand Italians emptied their common account before separating from their spouse and over 280 thousand those who, however, kept all the money deposited directly. The survey is by Facile.it (sample of 1,015 Cawi interviews with a representative sample of Italians separated or divorced up to 74 years of age survey conducted in November 2019) which certifies the numbers of the banking war of the Roses between ex: about 2.5 million Italians separated and divorced, more than 1.6 million (65%) had a joint account.
The average figure is not high, 7,900 euros and women (11.6% compared to 9.6% of men) are more frequently to report fraudulent behavior than the common nest egg. Usually the question does not seem easy to resolve: in almost 1 in 4 cases the two spouses were unable to find a peaceful agreement on how to divide the sums of the joint account and therefore they had to resort to a lawyer (16.1%) or to a judge (9.4%). However, the joint current account does not always become a reason for confrontation during the separation phase; in 32% of cases, respondents stated that they had shared the liquidity available on the account equally and by mutual agreement, while 17% of the separated or divorced chose to keep the sums deposited in the eventual expenses related to their children or home common account.