This depends on each person's viewpoint and their perspective in life. A family with children may have a husband being the main source of income while his hous

This depends on each person's viewpoint and their perspective in life. A family with children may have a husband being the main source of income while his housewife stays at home to look after their children and property. Just because the husband is the only one working does not mean his wife is not contributing equally in raising their kids and maintaining their family. The husband himself is personally responsible for those same tasks his wife is doing at home, and should have been doing them himself too. We can't single out the money source as the only element in a relationship, while completely ignoring other efforts that might have provided even higher values than just monetary wealth. This again traces back to each individual's value and belief system. The purpose of the law is to uphold justice. You really think they didn't consider it before drafting and implementing such laws? People keep fighting for equal rights at work places or in society, but then conveniently turn around and say 50/50 is not fair when the moment comes to decide on their own portion of shares. That's why the laws are flexible enough to allow people the ability to sign pre-marriage contracts for those who are too concerned with that. They can't bend the laws for their own mistake after failing to be responsible for themselves. Though I do agree that a rigid 50/50 should not be applied to every situation as there will always be special cases that are outliers.