Kidney a Marital Asset ?

[P.C.]

 [P class=first]A US man divorcing his wife is demanding that she return the kidney he donated to her or pay him $1.5m (£1m) in compensation.  Dr Richard Batista told reporters that he decided to go public because he was frustrated at the slow pace of divorce negotiations with his estranged wife.

 

 [A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7818751.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7818751.stm[/A]

 

 COME ON.....Are you kidding me ??

[purelife]

She can claim her heart back from him and demand lots of $$$$ for stealing it away in the first place.    

[P.C.]

Good point purelife.

  A 'donation' of any kind is non-refundable as far as I know. Also, contractually, I'm sure when he gave it, it was pretty clear it was not a loan....unless she signed some kind of promissory note that says otherwise.

[49er]

purelife wrote:
She can claim her heart back from him and demand lots of $$$$ for stealing it away in the first place.    
  The good doctor claims that she cheated on him after he gave her a kidney and won't allow him to see his sons after they separated.....it all part of the divorce postulating.  Wouldn't surprise me if his attorney came up with the idea

[Lise]

I saw the story on the news the other day. It just makes me think of how petty a human can be. For goodness sake, this is a kidney - it's not like you can get it back. Stupidity and greed at its best.