Men who use parents to hide money from ex-wives

One common ploy is to claim that certain properties in the son’s name actually belong to the parents as they had paid for them. PHOTO: PIXABAY
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Marriages that hit the rocks may involve battles over the marital assets but a new twist is entering the fray – husbands roping in their parents in a desperate bid to hold on to their stash.

While there is no official count of such disputes, at least five such cases have come before the High Court in the past year alone.

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