An Italian court has ordered a woman who spoke badly about her ex-husband in front of her children to pay him €30,000 (£26,800) in compensation. Described as unprecedented by lawyers, the judgement is a seen as a warning to parents in the event of a divorce attempts to criticise their ex as an act of revenge.
The woman who has not been identified to protect the children behaved in a “belittling” and “denigrating” manner towards her ex-husband who ran into financial problems, the family court in Rome ruled. Judges said by constantly criticising her estranged husband, she “undermined his role as an educator and as a referential figure” to their children.
The judges said operated and divorced parents must act in the best interests of their children, however, bitter their disagreements in other matters.
